Baconton, GA
Baconton, GA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Baconton at the 67th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 451 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Baconton at the 68th percentile, close to its 67th-percentile risk score.
Baconton's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Baconton: 88.7% of its 451 buildings, versus 11.3% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Baconton against the rest of the country
Baconton's 67th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 51st ranking inside Georgia does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 16 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Baconton ranks 10,550 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,252 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 327 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Baconton's 67th-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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 88.7% of Baconton 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 451 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Baconton. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Baconton, see the exposure-zones guide.