Trenton, GA
Trenton wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Trenton at the 81st national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 1,239 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Trenton's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 84th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in Trenton (53.8% of 1,239 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 46.3% sit in the Direct zone.
Trenton against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Trenton's 81st national percentile and its 92nd percentile inside Georgia, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Trenton ranks 6,050 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,414 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 55 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 81st percentile nationally, Trenton 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 53.8% of Trenton's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Trenton's 81st-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Trenton, see the exposure-zones guide.