Powder Springs, GA
Powder Springs, GA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Powder Springs at the 65th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 5,858 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Powder Springs at the 68th percentile, close to its 65th-percentile risk score.
Where Powder Springs's buildings actually sit
46.8% of Powder Springs's 5,858 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 2,740 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 9.1% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 44.1% are Minimal. At 5,858 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How Powder Springs compares
Powder Springs's 65th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 41st ranking inside Georgia does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 24 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Powder Springs ranks 11,119 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,939 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 398 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Powder Springs
At the 65th percentile nationally, Powder Springs 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.
Hardening a home in Powder Springs
Because Direct exposure dominates in Powder Springs (46.8%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Powder Springs's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Powder Springs's 11,119-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Powder Springs's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.