Stapleton, GA
How exposed is Stapleton to wildfire?
Stapleton's 320 buildings earn a 62nd-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, Stapleton's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 62nd percentile nationally.
Stapleton's building exposure, zone by zone
320 buildings are counted in Stapleton, and 61.9% 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.
Where Stapleton ranks
Inside Georgia, Stapleton sits at just the 29th percentile even though it scores 62nd nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Stapleton ranks 11,848 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,087 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 481 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 62nd percentile nationally, Stapleton 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 Stapleton
With 61.9% of Stapleton 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Stapleton's 11,848-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Stapleton, see the exposure-zones guide.