Satilla, GA
How exposed is Satilla to wildfire?
Satilla's 303 buildings earn a 60th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Satilla at the 59th percentile, close to its 60th-percentile risk score.
Satilla's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Satilla: 95.7% of its 303 buildings, versus 4.3% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Satilla ranks
Satilla ranks lower within Georgia (18th percentile statewide) than its 60th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Satilla ranks 12,727 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,533 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 548 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Satilla and the insurance market
Satilla's elevated wildfire rating (60th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Satilla's 95.7% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Satilla's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Satilla's 12,727-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Satilla's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.