USDA Forest Service

Wildfire risk to communities

For every state, county, town, and tribal area: how many buildings sit where wildfire could reach them (direct, indirect, or minimal exposure), and how its wildfire likelihood and risk rank in the state and nation.

Published by USDA Forest Service Finest detail county Tables 5

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Counties Sample of 25 rows out of about 3,129 · 17 columns

id	geoid	geoidfq	stusps	name	state_name	statefp	countyfp	countyns	total_buildings	buildings_fraction_me	buildings_fraction_ie	buildings_fraction_de	bp_state_rank	bp_national_rank	risk_state_rank	risk_national_rank
1	01001	0500000US01001	AL	Autauga County, AL	Alabama	01	1	161526	30450.0	0.082660099	0.232807882	0.68453202	0.333	0.505	0.348	0.481
2	01003	0500000US01003	AL	Baldwin County, AL	Alabama	01	3	161527	120300.0	0.070656692	0.272585204	0.656758105	0.924	0.841	0.939	0.818
3	01005	0500000US01005	AL	Barbour County, AL	Alabama	01	5	161528	18131.0	0.004853566	0.210578567	0.784567867	0.455	0.564	0.47	0.543
4	01007	0500000US01007	AL	Bibb County, AL	Alabama	01	7	161529	15033.0	6.652e-05	0.093594093	0.906339387	0.5	0.615	0.515	0.582
5	01009	0500000US01009	AL	Blount County, AL	Alabama	01	9	161530	39896.0	0.001729497	0.087026268	0.911244235	0.697	0.706	0.697	0.654
6	01011	0500000US01011	AL	Bullock County, AL	Alabama	01	11	161531	7927.0	0.000504605	0.154913586	0.844581809	0.561	0.64	0.545	0.61
7	01013	0500000US01013	AL	Butler County, AL	Alabama	01	13	161532	16032.0	0	0.104603293	0.895396707	0.258	0.471	0.273	0.445
8	01015	0500000US01015	AL	Calhoun County, AL	Alabama	01	15	161533	66791.0	0.035648516	0.258867213	0.705484272	0.879	0.826	0.879	0.781
9	01017	0500000US01017	AL	Chambers County, AL	Alabama	01	17	161534	23226.0	0.011624903	0.247438216	0.740936881	0.803	0.771	0.803	0.727
10	01019	0500000US01019	AL	Cherokee County, AL	Alabama	01	19	161535	23948.0	0.075580424	0.109361951	0.815057625	0.894	0.829	0.894	0.782
11	01021	0500000US01021	AL	Chilton County, AL	Alabama	01	21	161536	31659.0	0.002526928	0.120660792	0.876812281	0.727	0.73	0.727	0.692
12	01023	0500000US01023	AL	Choctaw County, AL	Alabama	01	23	161537	12058.0	0.000414662	0.035743904	0.963841433	0.348	0.509	0.364	0.487
13	01025	0500000US01025	AL	Clarke County, AL	Alabama	01	25	161538	19039.0	0	0.112873575	0.887126425	0.485	0.574	0.485	0.556
14	01027	0500000US01027	AL	Clay County, AL	Alabama	01	27	161539	11552.0	0.000259695	0.038348338	0.961391967	1.0	0.886	0.985	0.839
15	01029	0500000US01029	AL	Cleburne County, AL	Alabama	01	29	161540	12001.0	0	0.043079743	0.956920257	0.97	0.867	0.97	0.823
16	01031	0500000US01031	AL	Coffee County, AL	Alabama	01	31	161541	32688.0	0.042951542	0.252049682	0.704998776	0.091	0.443	0.121	0.423
17	01033	0500000US01033	AL	Colbert County, AL	Alabama	01	33	161542	39367.0	0.196941601	0.252444941	0.550613458	0.182	0.459	0.152	0.424
18	01035	0500000US01035	AL	Conecuh County, AL	Alabama	01	35	161543	12281.0	8.1427e-05	0.039980458	0.959938116	0.712	0.707	0.712	0.689
19	01037	0500000US01037	AL	Coosa County, AL	Alabama	01	37	161544	9820.0	0.010386965	0.016191446	0.973421589	0.955	0.862	0.955	0.822
20	01039	0500000US01039	AL	Covington County, AL	Alabama	01	39	161545	32309.0	0.009811508	0.145377449	0.844811043	0.576	0.65	0.621	0.627
21	01041	0500000US01041	AL	Crenshaw County, AL	Alabama	01	41	161546	12834.0	0.000155836	0.063191523	0.936652641	0.076	0.435	0.076	0.41
22	01043	0500000US01043	AL	Cullman County, AL	Alabama	01	43	161547	64099.0	0.04441567	0.130594861	0.824989469	0.652	0.691	0.591	0.625
23	01045	0500000US01045	AL	Dale County, AL	Alabama	01	45	161548	31075.0	0.015639582	0.239388576	0.744971842	0.03	0.397	0.03	0.382
24	01047	0500000US01047	AL	Dallas County, AL	Alabama	01	47	161549	24322.0	0.015048105	0.307746074	0.677205822	0.303	0.48	0.318	0.45
25	01049	0500000US01049	AL	DeKalb County, AL	Alabama	01	49	161550	56834.0	0.00599993	0.11792237	0.8760777	0.833	0.785	0.818	0.728

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