Argyle, GA
How exposed is Argyle to wildfire?
USFS scores Argyle at the 74th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 121 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Argyle at the 75th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Argyle's buildings actually sit
76% of Argyle's 121 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 92 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 24% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How Argyle compares
There's little gap between Argyle's 74th national percentile and its 80th percentile inside Georgia, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Argyle ranks 8,158 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,099 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 137 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Argyle and the insurance market
At the 74th percentile nationally, Argyle carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 76% of Argyle in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 121 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Argyle. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Argyle, see the exposure-zones guide.