Atlanta, LA
How exposed is Atlanta to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Atlanta lands at the 68th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 110 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 Atlanta at the 68th percentile, close to its 68th-percentile risk score.
Where Atlanta's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Atlanta: 95.5% of its 110 buildings, versus 4.6% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Atlanta against the rest of the country
Atlanta's 84th-percentile standing inside Louisiana outpaces its 68th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Atlanta ranks 9,989 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,622 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 78 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Atlanta
Atlanta's high rating (68th 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
Atlanta's 95.5% 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.
Where Atlanta's figures come from
Atlanta's 68th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Atlanta's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.