Stockton, GA
How exposed is Stockton to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Stockton lands at the 80th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 157 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Stockton at the 80th percentile, close to its 80th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 91.1% of Stockton's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 8.9% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 143 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Stockton against the rest of the country
Stockton's risk sits at a similar level relative to Georgia (91st percentile statewide) as it does nationally (80th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Stockton ranks 6,267 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,556 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 61 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Stockton and the insurance market
At the 80th percentile nationally, Stockton carries the very 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 Stockton
Stockton's 91.1% 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 Stockton's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Stockton's 6,267-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Stockton's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.