Junction City, GA
Junction City wildfire risk explained
Junction City's 128 buildings earn a 71st-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Junction City at the 71st national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Junction City: 69.5% of its 128 buildings, versus 30.5% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Junction City ranks
Junction City's risk sits at a similar level relative to Georgia (68th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (71st) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Junction City ranks 9,165 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,786 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 218 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Junction City's high rating (71st percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Junction City (69.5%), 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 Junction City's 9,165-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Junction City, see the exposure-zones guide.