Soperton, GA
How exposed is Soperton to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Soperton lands at the 66th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 1,374 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Soperton at the 65th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in Soperton (53.6% of 1,374 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 46.4% sit in the Direct zone.
Soperton against the rest of the country
Soperton's 66th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 46th ranking inside Georgia does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 20 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Soperton ranks 10,805 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,735 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 363 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Soperton and the insurance market
Soperton's high rating (66th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Soperton
Soperton's 53.6% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Soperton's 66th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Soperton, see the exposure-zones guide.