Register, GA
Register, GA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Register lands at the 65th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 150 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Register at the 64th percentile, close to its 65th-percentile risk score.
Register's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Register: 68.7% of its 150 buildings, versus 31.3% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Register compares
Register'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, Register ranks 11,120 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,871 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 399 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Register
At the 65th percentile nationally, Register 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 68.7% of Register 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 150 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Register. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Register, see the exposure-zones guide.