Dunwoody, GA
How exposed is Dunwoody to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Dunwoody at the 47th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 11,722 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Dunwoody at the 50th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Dunwoody's building exposure, zone by zone
51.4% of Dunwoody's 11,722 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 6,027 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 13.3% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 35.3% are Minimal. At 11,722 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How Dunwoody compares
Dunwoody's 47th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 4th ranking inside Georgia does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 44 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Dunwoody ranks 16,567 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,335 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 645 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Dunwoody
At the 47th national percentile, Dunwoody rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Dunwoody
Dunwoody's 51.4% 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.
Where Dunwoody's figures come from
Dunwoody's 47th-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 Dunwoody's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.