Walnut Grove, GA
Walnut Grove wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Walnut Grove lands at the 59th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 675 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Walnut Grove at the 62nd national percentile — 4 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Walnut Grove's buildings actually sit
675 buildings are counted in Walnut Grove, and 87.4% 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.
Where Walnut Grove ranks
Inside Georgia, Walnut Grove sits at just the 16th percentile even though it scores 59th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Walnut Grove ranks 13,075 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,926 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 563 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 59th national percentile, Walnut Grove rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Walnut Grove (87.4%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Walnut Grove's 59th-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 Walnut Grove, see the exposure-zones guide.