Talbotton, GA
How exposed is Talbotton to wildfire?
Talbotton's 556 buildings earn a 79th-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, Talbotton's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 81st percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
556 buildings are counted in Talbotton, and 73.4% 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 Talbotton ranks
There's little gap between Talbotton's 79th national percentile and its 90th percentile inside Georgia, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Talbotton ranks 6,679 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,470 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 70 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Talbotton and the insurance market
At the 79th percentile nationally, Talbotton 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
Because Direct exposure dominates in Talbotton (73.4%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Talbotton's 6,679-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Talbotton, see the exposure-zones guide.