Chattahoochee Hills, GA
Chattahoochee Hills, GA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Chattahoochee Hills lands at the 70th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 2,433 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Chattahoochee Hills's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 73rd percentile nationally.
Where Chattahoochee Hills's buildings actually sit
2,433 buildings are counted in Chattahoochee Hills, and 96.8% 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.
Where Chattahoochee Hills ranks
Chattahoochee Hills's risk sits at a similar level relative to Georgia (65th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (70th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Chattahoochee Hills ranks 9,349 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,433 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 227 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Chattahoochee Hills's high rating (70th 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 96.8% of Chattahoochee Hills 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
Chattahoochee Hills's 70th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Chattahoochee Hills, see the exposure-zones guide.