Blythe, GA
Blythe, GA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Blythe lands at the 69th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 531 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 Blythe at the 68th percentile, close to its 69th-percentile risk score.
Where Blythe's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Blythe: 100% of its 531 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Blythe compares
Blythe's risk sits at a similar level relative to Georgia (61st percentile statewide) as it does nationally (69th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Blythe ranks 9,827 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,845 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 259 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Blythe and the insurance market
Blythe's high rating (69th 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
With 100% of Blythe in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Blythe's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Blythe's 9,827-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Blythe's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.