Dudley, GA
Dudley wildfire risk explained
Dudley's 398 buildings earn a 62nd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Dudley at the 62nd percentile, close to its 62nd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
67.8% of Dudley's 398 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 270 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 32.2% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Dudley against the rest of the country
Dudley's 62nd national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 26th ranking inside Georgia does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 35 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Dudley ranks 12,092 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,244 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 493 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Dudley
Dudley's high rating (62nd 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 Dudley
Dudley's 67.8% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 398 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Dudley. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Dudley, see the exposure-zones guide.