Butler, GA
Butler, GA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Butler at the 67th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 1,116 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Butler's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 67th percentile nationally.
Butler's building exposure, zone by zone
1,116 buildings are counted in Butler, and 57% 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 Butler compares
There's little gap between Butler's 67th national percentile and its 53rd percentile inside Georgia, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Butler ranks 10,393 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,173 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 313 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Butler and the insurance market
Butler's high rating (67th 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
Butler's 57% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,116 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Butler. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Butler, see the exposure-zones guide.