Walnut Grove, AL
Walnut Grove, AL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Walnut Grove lands at the 75th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 573 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Walnut Grove at the 79th percentile, close to its 75th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
90.4% of Walnut Grove's 573 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 518 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 9.6% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Walnut Grove against the rest of the country
Walnut Grove's 75th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 59th ranking inside Alabama does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 16 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Walnut Grove ranks 7,899 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,191 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alabama alone, it ranks 246 of 592 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alabama on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Walnut Grove
Walnut Grove's high rating (75th 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.
Hardening a home in Walnut Grove
Because Direct exposure dominates in Walnut Grove (90.4%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Walnut Grove's 7,899-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Walnut Grove, see the exposure-zones guide.