North Druid Hills, GA
How exposed is North Druid Hills to wildfire?
North Druid Hills's 3,756 buildings earn a 47th-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 North Druid Hills at the 49th percentile, close to its 47th-percentile risk score.
Where North Druid Hills's buildings actually sit
60.9% of North Druid Hills's 3,756 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 2,289 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 39.1% are Minimal.
Where North Druid Hills ranks
Inside Georgia, North Druid Hills sits at just the 2nd percentile even though it scores 47th 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, North Druid Hills ranks 16,820 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,469 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 654 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
North Druid Hills's elevated wildfire rating (47th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in North Druid Hills
Because Direct exposure dominates in North Druid Hills (60.9%), 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
North Druid Hills's 47th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond North Druid Hills, see the exposure-zones guide.