Bowdon, GA
Bowdon wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Bowdon lands at the 87th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 1,191 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Bowdon's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 91st percentile nationally.
Where Bowdon's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 67.3% of Bowdon's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 32.8% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 801 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Bowdon against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Bowdon's 87th national percentile and its 97th percentile inside Georgia, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bowdon ranks 4,161 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,700 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 22 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Bowdon and the insurance market
At the 87th percentile nationally, Bowdon carries the very 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 67.3% of Bowdon 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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Bowdon's 4,161-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Bowdon, see the exposure-zones guide.