Jenkinsburg, GA
Jenkinsburg, GA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Jenkinsburg sits at the 67th 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 259 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Jenkinsburg's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 70th percentile nationally.
Jenkinsburg's building exposure, zone by zone
83.8% of Jenkinsburg's 259 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 217 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 16.2% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Jenkinsburg ranks
Inside Georgia, Jenkinsburg sits at just the 51st percentile even though it scores 67th 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, Jenkinsburg ranks 10,553 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,848 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 330 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Jenkinsburg
Jenkinsburg's 67th-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
Because Direct exposure dominates in Jenkinsburg (83.8%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Jenkinsburg's 10,553-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Jenkinsburg, see the exposure-zones guide.