Uriah, AL
How exposed is Uriah to wildfire?
Uriah sits at the 79th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 291 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Uriah at the 81st percentile, close to its 79th-percentile risk score.
Where Uriah's buildings actually sit
65.6% of Uriah's 291 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 191 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 34.4% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Uriah ranks
Uriah scores 79th nationally and 73rd within Alabama — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Uriah ranks 6,480 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,873 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alabama alone, it ranks 160 of 592 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alabama on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Uriah
Uriah's high rating (79th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
What would actually reduce this score
Uriah's 65.6% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Uriah's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Uriah's 6,480-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Uriah's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.