Attapulgus, GA
Attapulgus, GA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Attapulgus at the 75th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 250 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Attapulgus's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 74th percentile nationally.
Attapulgus's building exposure, zone by zone
70.4% of Attapulgus's 250 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 176 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 29.6% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Attapulgus ranks
Attapulgus scores 75th nationally and 81st within Georgia — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Attapulgus ranks 8,037 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,132 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 130 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Attapulgus and the insurance market
Attapulgus's 75th-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Hardening a home in Attapulgus
Because Direct exposure dominates in Attapulgus (70.4%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Attapulgus's 75th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Attapulgus, see the exposure-zones guide.