Colquitt, GA
Colquitt, GA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Colquitt lands at the 59th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 1,383 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Colquitt's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 60th percentile nationally.
Colquitt's building exposure, zone by zone
54.2% of Colquitt's 1,383 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 45.6% Direct and 0.2% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Colquitt compares
Colquitt ranks lower within Georgia (18th percentile statewide) than its 59th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Colquitt ranks 12,793 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,697 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 550 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Colquitt and the insurance market
Colquitt's elevated wildfire rating (59th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 54.2% of Colquitt's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Colquitt's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,383 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Colquitt. The exposure-zones guide covers what Colquitt's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.