Denton, GA
How exposed is Denton to wildfire?
USFS scores Denton at the 70th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 198 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Denton at the 68th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Denton's building exposure, zone by zone
85.4% of Denton's 198 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 169 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 14.7% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Denton ranks
Denton scores 70th nationally and 67th within Georgia — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Denton ranks 9,323 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,915 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 224 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
Denton's 70th-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
What would actually reduce this score
With 85.4% of Denton 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.
Where Denton's figures come from
Denton's 70th-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 Denton's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.