Plainville, GA
How exposed is Plainville to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Plainville at the 78th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 183 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Plainville at the 81st percentile, close to its 78th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
85.8% of Plainville's 183 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 157 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 14.2% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How Plainville compares
There's little gap between Plainville's 78th national percentile and its 88th percentile inside Georgia, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Plainville ranks 6,931 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,492 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 79 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Plainville
At the 78th percentile nationally, Plainville 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 85.8% of Plainville 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.
Where Plainville's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Plainville's 6,931-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Plainville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.