WildfireRiskFinder

Hapeville, GA

Hapeville wildfire risk explained

Elevated
49thpercentile nationally

Hapeville sits at the 49th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 2,598 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)

Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Hapeville at the 52nd national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.

Where Hapeville's buildings actually sit

2,598Total buildings
25.5%Direct exposure
0%Indirect exposure
74.5%Minimal exposure

Hapeville rates 74.5% Minimal exposure against just 25.5% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 2,598 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.

Where Hapeville ranks

Hapeville ranks lower within Georgia (4th percentile statewide) than its 49th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hapeville ranks 16,224 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,105 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 640 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

At the 49th national percentile, Hapeville 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 Hapeville

Hapeville's 74.5% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.

More on how this number was built

Every one of the two percentiles behind Hapeville's 16,224-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Hapeville, see the exposure-zones guide.