Atlanta, IN
How exposed is Atlanta to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Atlanta at the 2nd national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 453 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Atlanta at the 2nd national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Atlanta's buildings (92.7% of 453) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Where Atlanta ranks
There's little gap between Atlanta's 2nd national percentile and its 11th percentile inside Indiana, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Atlanta ranks 31,014 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,212 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 853 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Atlanta's low rating (2nd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
With 92.7% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Atlanta gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Atlanta's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Atlanta's 31,014-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Atlanta's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.