Ellenton, GA
Ellenton wildfire risk explained
Ellenton's 218 buildings earn a 64th-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.)
Separately from the risk score above, Ellenton's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 63rd percentile nationally.
Where Ellenton's buildings actually sit
218 buildings are counted in Ellenton, and 68.4% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
How Ellenton compares
Inside Georgia, Ellenton sits at just the 38th percentile even though it scores 64th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Ellenton ranks 11,341 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,188 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 422 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Ellenton and the insurance market
Ellenton's high rating (64th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Ellenton's 68.4% 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 Ellenton's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Ellenton's 11,341-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Ellenton's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.