Ila, GA
Ila wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Ila at the 61st national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 234 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Ila at the 65th percentile, close to its 61st-percentile risk score.
Ila's building exposure, zone by zone
234 buildings are counted in Ila, and 78.6% 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.
Ila against the rest of the country
Ila ranks lower within Georgia (24th percentile statewide) than its 61st national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Ila ranks 12,222 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,657 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 509 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Ila and the insurance market
At the 61st percentile nationally, Ila 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 Ila
With 78.6% of Ila 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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Ila's 12,222-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Ila, see the exposure-zones guide.