Perkins, GA
How exposed is Perkins to wildfire?
USFS scores Perkins at the 69th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 104 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Perkins's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 69th percentile nationally.
Where Perkins's buildings actually sit
Of Perkins's 104 counted buildings, 98.1% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Perkins ranks
There's little gap between Perkins's 69th national percentile and its 59th percentile inside Georgia, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Perkins ranks 9,925 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,838 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 274 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Perkins and the insurance market
At the 69th percentile nationally, Perkins carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
What would actually reduce this score
With 98.1% of Perkins 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.
More on how this number was built
Perkins's 69th-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 Perkins, see the exposure-zones guide.