Walthourville, GA
How exposed is Walthourville to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Walthourville lands at the 64th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 1,660 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Walthourville at the 64th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Walthourville's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Walthourville's 1,660 counted buildings, 63.8% 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.
Walthourville against the rest of the country
Inside Georgia, Walthourville sits at just the 34th percentile even though it scores 64th 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, Walthourville ranks 11,469 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,562 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 443 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 64th percentile nationally, Walthourville 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 63.8% of Walthourville 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.
Where Walthourville's figures come from
Walthourville's 64th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Walthourville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.