Bluffton, GA
How exposed is Bluffton to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Bluffton at the 62nd national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 114 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Bluffton's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 61st percentile nationally.
Where Bluffton's buildings actually sit
114 buildings are counted in Bluffton, and 81.6% 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.
Where Bluffton ranks
Bluffton's 62nd national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 27th ranking inside Georgia does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 35 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bluffton ranks 12,031 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,442 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 490 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Bluffton
Bluffton's high rating (62nd 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Bluffton's 81.6% 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
Bluffton's 62nd-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 Bluffton, see the exposure-zones guide.