Baxley, GA
Baxley, GA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Baxley lands at the 64th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 2,925 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 Baxley at the 63rd percentile, close to its 64th-percentile risk score.
Baxley's building exposure, zone by zone
2,925 buildings are counted in Baxley, and 50% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 40.5% in Direct exposure or the 9.5% rated Minimal.
Baxley against the rest of the country
Baxley's 64th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 35th ranking inside Georgia does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 29 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Baxley ranks 11,429 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,545 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 434 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Baxley and the insurance market
Baxley's high rating (64th 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.
Hardening a home in Baxley
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Baxley (50% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Baxley's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Baxley's 11,429-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Baxley's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.