Grantville, GA
Grantville, GA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Grantville sits at the 72nd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,381 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Grantville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 75th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
1,381 buildings are counted in Grantville, and 81.3% 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.
Where Grantville ranks
Grantville scores 72nd nationally and 74th within Georgia — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Grantville ranks 8,759 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,710 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 179 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Grantville's 72nd-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Hardening a home in Grantville
With 81.3% of Grantville in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Grantville's figures come from
Grantville'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 Grantville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.