Resaca, GA
Resaca, GA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Resaca's 416 buildings earn a 67th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Resaca's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 71st percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Resaca's 416 counted buildings, 59.9% 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.
Resaca against the rest of the country
Resaca scores 67th nationally and 54th within Georgia — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Resaca ranks 10,366 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,904 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 310 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Resaca and the insurance market
At the 67th percentile nationally, Resaca 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
Because Direct exposure dominates in Resaca (59.9%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Resaca's 10,366-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Resaca, see the exposure-zones guide.