Hazlehurst, GA
How exposed is Hazlehurst to wildfire?
Hazlehurst sits at the 65th 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 2,155 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Hazlehurst's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 64th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
71.5% of Hazlehurst's 2,155 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 28.5% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Hazlehurst compares
Hazlehurst's 65th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 40th ranking inside Georgia does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 25 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hazlehurst ranks 11,153 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,053 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 400 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Hazlehurst
Hazlehurst's 65th-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.
What would actually reduce this score
Hazlehurst's 71.5% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Hazlehurst's figures come from
Hazlehurst's 65th-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 Hazlehurst's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.