Shady Dale, GA
How exposed is Shady Dale to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Shady Dale at the 68th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 180 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 Shady Dale at the 71st percentile, close to its 68th-percentile risk score.
Where Shady Dale's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Shady Dale: 81.7% of its 180 buildings, versus 18.3% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Shady Dale ranks
Shady Dale's risk sits at a similar level relative to Georgia (59th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (68th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Shady Dale ranks 9,950 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,614 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 277 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 68th percentile nationally, Shady Dale 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 Shady Dale
Shady Dale's 81.7% 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 180 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Shady Dale. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Shady Dale, see the exposure-zones guide.