Fort Valley, GA
Fort Valley, GA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Fort Valley lands at the 61st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 3,071 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Fort Valley at the 62nd percentile, close to its 61st-percentile risk score.
Fort Valley's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Fort Valley (56.1% of 3,071 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 43.9% sit in the Direct zone.
How Fort Valley compares
Fort Valley's 61st national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 22nd ranking inside Georgia does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 39 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Fort Valley ranks 12,349 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,322 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 526 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Fort Valley and the insurance market
Fort Valley's high rating (61st 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
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Fort Valley (56.1% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Fort Valley's figures come from
Fort Valley's 61st-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 Fort Valley's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.