Carrollton, GA
Carrollton wildfire risk explained
Carrollton sits at the 84th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 7,925 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Carrollton's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 87th percentile nationally.
Carrollton's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Carrollton: 37.4% of its 7,925 buildings, versus 30.8% Indirect and 31.8% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap. At 7,925 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Carrollton against the rest of the country
Carrollton scores 84th nationally and 95th within Georgia — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Carrollton ranks 5,197 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,139 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 38 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Carrollton and the insurance market
Carrollton's very high rating (84th 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
Because Direct exposure dominates in Carrollton (37.4%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Carrollton's figures come from
Carrollton's 84th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Carrollton's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.