Fairmount, GA
Fairmount, GA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Fairmount lands at the 72nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 598 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Fairmount at the 75th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
64.7% of Fairmount's 598 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 387 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 35.3% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Fairmount against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Fairmount's 72nd national percentile and its 73rd percentile inside Georgia, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Fairmount ranks 8,785 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,858 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 187 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Fairmount
Fairmount's high rating (72nd 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Fairmount's 64.7% 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 Fairmount's figures come from
Fairmount's 72nd-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 Fairmount's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.