Canon, GA
How exposed is Canon to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Canon lands at the 63rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 597 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Canon's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 67th percentile nationally.
Where Canon's buildings actually sit
81.9% of Canon's 597 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 489 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 18.1% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How Canon compares
Inside Georgia, Canon sits at just the 32nd percentile even though it scores 63rd nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Canon ranks 11,655 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,880 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 456 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Canon
Canon's 63rd-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Canon (81.9%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Canon's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Canon's 11,655-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Canon's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.