Claxton, GA
How exposed is Claxton to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Claxton at the 67th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 1,138 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Claxton's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 67th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Claxton's buildings (71.4%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
How Claxton compares
Inside Georgia, Claxton sits at just the 52nd percentile even though it scores 67th 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, Claxton ranks 10,526 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,025 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 322 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
Claxton'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.
Hardening a home in Claxton
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Claxton (71.4% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Claxton's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Claxton's 10,526-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Claxton's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.