Cohutta, GA
Cohutta, GA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Cohutta at the 74th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 499 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Cohutta at the 78th national percentile — 4 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Cohutta's buildings actually sit
499 buildings are counted in Cohutta, and 91.8% 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 Cohutta ranks
There's little gap between Cohutta's 74th national percentile and its 79th percentile inside Georgia, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Cohutta ranks 8,222 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,373 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 144 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Cohutta
Cohutta's high rating (74th 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 Cohutta (91.8%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Cohutta's figures come from
Cohutta's 74th-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 Cohutta's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.