Sharpsburg, GA
Sharpsburg wildfire risk explained
Sharpsburg's 165 buildings earn a 69th-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.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Sharpsburg at the 72nd percentile, close to its 69th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
165 buildings are counted in Sharpsburg, and 70.3% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Sharpsburg against the rest of the country
Sharpsburg scores 69th nationally and 59th 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, Sharpsburg ranks 9,926 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,208 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 275 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 69th percentile nationally, Sharpsburg 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 70.3% of Sharpsburg 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
Sharpsburg's 69th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Sharpsburg, see the exposure-zones guide.