Blackshear, GA
Blackshear, GA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Blackshear at the 66th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 2,094 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Blackshear at the 67th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Blackshear's buildings actually sit
Of Blackshear's 2,094 counted buildings, 53.3% carry Direct exposure and only 0.1% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Blackshear against the rest of the country
Blackshear ranks lower within Georgia (50th percentile statewide) than its 66th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Blackshear ranks 10,611 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,211 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 333 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
Blackshear's high rating (66th 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 Blackshear
Blackshear's 53.3% 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
Blackshear's 66th-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 Blackshear, see the exposure-zones guide.