Alto, GA
Alto, GA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Alto sits at the 71st 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 459 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Alto at the 75th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Alto's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 69.5% of Alto's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 30.5% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 319 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Alto ranks
Alto's risk sits at a similar level relative to Georgia (69th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (71st) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Alto ranks 9,044 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,073 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 207 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Alto
Alto's high rating (71st 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
Alto's 69.5% 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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Alto's 9,044-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Alto, see the exposure-zones guide.