Berry College, GA
Berry College, GA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Berry College at the 74th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 142 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Berry College at the 77th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
142 buildings are counted in Berry College, and 51.4% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
How Berry College compares
Berry College scores 74th nationally and 78th 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, Berry College ranks 8,279 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,195 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 148 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Berry College
At the 74th percentile nationally, Berry College carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
What would actually reduce this score
Berry College's 51.4% 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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Berry College's 8,279-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Berry College, see the exposure-zones guide.