Dacula, GA
Dacula wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Dacula at the 49th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 2,391 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Dacula's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 52nd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Dacula: 48.4% of its 2,391 buildings, versus 45.4% Indirect and 6.3% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Dacula compares
Dacula ranks lower within Georgia (5th percentile statewide) than its 49th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Dacula ranks 16,063 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,527 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 638 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
Dacula's elevated rating (49th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 48.4% of Dacula 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
Dacula's 49th-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 Dacula, see the exposure-zones guide.