Douglasville, GA
Douglasville wildfire risk explained
Douglasville sits at the 65th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 10,383 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Douglasville at the 68th percentile, close to its 65th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Douglasville: 39.8% of its 10,383 buildings, versus 27.4% Indirect and 32.8% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap. At 10,383 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Douglasville ranks
Douglasville ranks lower within Georgia (40th percentile statewide) than its 65th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Douglasville ranks 11,180 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,538 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 403 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Douglasville and the insurance market
At the 65th percentile nationally, Douglasville carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
What would actually reduce this score
With 39.8% of Douglasville 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 10,383 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Douglasville. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Douglasville, see the exposure-zones guide.