Warthen, GA
Warthen wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Warthen at the 66th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 113 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Warthen at the 68th percentile, close to its 66th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Warthen: 100% of its 113 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Warthen ranks
Inside Georgia, Warthen sits at just the 50th percentile even though it scores 66th 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, Warthen ranks 10,616 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,491 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 338 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Warthen
At the 66th percentile nationally, Warthen 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
With 100% of Warthen 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 113 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Warthen. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Warthen, see the exposure-zones guide.