Midville, GA
Midville, GA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Midville at the 66th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 389 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Midville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 67th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
389 buildings are counted in Midville, and 58.6% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 41.4% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
How Midville compares
Midville ranks lower within Georgia (48th percentile statewide) than its 66th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Midville ranks 10,742 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,420 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 353 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
Midville's 66th-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
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Midville (58.6% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Midville's 66th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Midville, see the exposure-zones guide.