Heron Bay, GA
Heron Bay, GA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Heron Bay at the 64th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 1,664 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Heron Bay at the 68th percentile, close to its 64th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
1,664 buildings are counted in Heron Bay, and 74.6% 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 Heron Bay ranks
Inside Georgia, Heron Bay sits at just the 38th percentile even though it scores 64th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Heron Bay ranks 11,275 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,544 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 412 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Heron Bay
At the 64th percentile nationally, Heron Bay carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Hardening a home in Heron Bay
With 74.6% of Heron Bay 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 Heron Bay's figures come from
Heron Bay's 64th-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 Heron Bay's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.