Jakin, GA
Jakin wildfire risk explained
Jakin's 151 buildings earn a 52nd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Jakin at the 51st percentile, close to its 52nd-percentile risk score.
Where Jakin's buildings actually sit
Of Jakin's 151 counted buildings, 85.4% carry Direct exposure and only 13.9% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Jakin compares
Inside Georgia, Jakin sits at just the 7th percentile even though it scores 52nd 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, Jakin ranks 15,275 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,839 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 625 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Jakin and the insurance market
At the 52nd national percentile, Jakin rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
With 85.4% of Jakin 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 Jakin's figures come from
Jakin's 52nd-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 Jakin's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.