Temple, GA
How exposed is Temple to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Temple at the 86th national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 1,844 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Temple at the 90th percentile, close to its 86th-percentile risk score.
Temple's building exposure, zone by zone
68.3% of Temple's 1,844 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 1,259 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 31.7% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How Temple compares
Temple scores 86th nationally and 97th 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, Temple ranks 4,317 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,926 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 23 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Temple
At the 86th percentile nationally, Temple 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 Temple
With 68.3% of Temple 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.
Where Temple's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,844 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Temple. The exposure-zones guide covers what Temple's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.