Webster County, GA
Webster County, GA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Webster County at the 64th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 2,596 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Webster County at the 64th percentile, close to its 64th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
88.3% of Webster County's 2,596 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 2,293 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 11.6% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How Webster County compares
Webster County's 64th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 39th ranking inside Georgia does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 25 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Webster County ranks 11,217 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,110 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 409 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Webster County and the insurance market
Webster County's high rating (64th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Webster County
With 88.3% of Webster County 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Webster County's 11,217-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Webster County, see the exposure-zones guide.