Tifton, GA
Tifton, GA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Tifton's 6,462 buildings earn a 61st-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, Tifton's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 61st percentile nationally.
Tifton's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Tifton's buildings (58.5% of 6,462) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure. At 6,462 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Tifton ranks
Tifton ranks lower within Georgia (21st percentile statewide) than its 61st national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Tifton ranks 12,444 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,687 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 531 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 61st percentile nationally, Tifton 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Tifton's 58.5% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Tifton's 12,444-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Tifton, see the exposure-zones guide.