Bainbridge, GA
Bainbridge, GA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Bainbridge lands at the 69th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 6,079 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Bainbridge's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 68th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
50.7% of Bainbridge's 6,079 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 3,083 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 41.2% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 8.1% are Minimal. At 6,079 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How Bainbridge compares
Bainbridge scores 69th nationally and 62nd 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, Bainbridge ranks 9,737 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,847 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 254 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Bainbridge
Bainbridge's 69th-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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Bainbridge (50.7%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Bainbridge's figures come from
Bainbridge's 69th-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 Bainbridge's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.