The Rock, GA
The Rock wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts The Rock at the 76th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 198 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 The Rock at the 79th percentile, close to its 76th-percentile risk score.
Where The Rock's buildings actually sit
198 buildings are counted in The Rock, and 100% 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.
The Rock against the rest of the country
The Rock scores 76th nationally and 83rd 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, The Rock ranks 7,717 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,917 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 116 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
The Rock and the insurance market
The Rock's high rating (76th 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.
Hardening a home in The Rock
Because Direct exposure dominates in The Rock (100%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where The Rock's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind The Rock's 7,717-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what The Rock's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.