Douglas, GA
Douglas wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Douglas lands at the 63rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 5,780 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Douglas at the 64th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Douglas's building exposure, zone by zone
46% of Douglas's 5,780 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 2,658 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 29.3% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 24.8% are Minimal. At 5,780 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Douglas against the rest of the country
Douglas's 63rd national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 33rd ranking inside Georgia does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 30 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Douglas ranks 11,527 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,993 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 445 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Douglas and the insurance market
Douglas's high rating (63rd 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 Douglas
With 46% of Douglas 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 5,780 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Douglas. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Douglas, see the exposure-zones guide.