Pinehurst, GA
How exposed is Pinehurst to wildfire?
USFS scores Pinehurst at the 47th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 240 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Pinehurst's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 47th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Only 48.3% of Pinehurst's 240 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 51.7% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Pinehurst against the rest of the country
Pinehurst's 47th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 3rd ranking inside Georgia does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 44 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Pinehurst ranks 16,663 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,452 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 650 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Pinehurst
Pinehurst'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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Pinehurst's 51.7% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Pinehurst's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 240 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Pinehurst. The exposure-zones guide covers what Pinehurst's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.