Uvalda, GA
How exposed is Uvalda to wildfire?
Uvalda sits at the 70th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 355 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Uvalda at the 69th percentile, close to its 70th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Uvalda's 355 counted buildings, 64.5% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Uvalda ranks
Uvalda's risk sits at a similar level relative to Georgia (64th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (70th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Uvalda ranks 9,575 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,181 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 245 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 70th percentile nationally, Uvalda 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.
Hardening a home in Uvalda
With 64.5% of Uvalda 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.
More on how this number was built
Uvalda's 70th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Uvalda, see the exposure-zones guide.