Tarrytown, GA
How exposed is Tarrytown to wildfire?
Tarrytown's 85 buildings earn a 70th-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.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Tarrytown at the 69th 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
Direct exposure dominates in Tarrytown: 63.5% of its 85 buildings, versus 36.5% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Tarrytown against the rest of the country
Tarrytown scores 70th nationally and 64th 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, Tarrytown ranks 9,482 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,682 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 239 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Tarrytown
Tarrytown's high rating (70th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Tarrytown (63.5%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Tarrytown's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Tarrytown's 9,482-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Tarrytown's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.