Washington, GA
Washington wildfire risk explained
Washington sits at the 72nd 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 2,334 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 Washington at the 75th percentile, close to its 72nd-percentile risk score.
Washington's building exposure, zone by zone
2,334 buildings are counted in Washington, and 76.2% 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 Washington ranks
There's little gap between Washington's 72nd national percentile and its 73rd percentile inside Georgia, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Washington ranks 8,762 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,635 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 182 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Washington
Washington's 72nd-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 76.2% of Washington 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 Washington's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,334 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Washington. The exposure-zones guide covers what Washington's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.