Hickox, GA
Hickox, GA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Hickox at the 78th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 202 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Hickox's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 80th percentile nationally.
Where Hickox's buildings actually sit
202 buildings are counted in Hickox, and 100% 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.
How Hickox compares
There's little gap between Hickox's 78th national percentile and its 89th percentile inside Georgia, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hickox ranks 6,804 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,759 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 73 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Hickox
At the 78th percentile nationally, Hickox 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 Hickox
Hickox's 100% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
Hickox's 78th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Hickox, see the exposure-zones guide.