Wildfire Risk in Georgia

All Georgia counties ranked by FEMA National Risk Index wildfire score

Wildfire risk — uncontrolled fires that spread across wildland and into communities — is rated for 159 of 159 Georgia counties in FEMA's National Risk Index. Chatham County carries the state's highest wildfire score at 92.4, with $2M in expected annual wildfire losses.

No Georgia county reaches the High band for wildfire, and expected annual losses from wildfire total roughly $15M statewide. The full ranking below links to each county's complete 18-hazard risk profile.

County Rankings — Wildfire

#CountyWildfire ScoreRatingAnn. Freq.Ann. Loss
1 Chatham County
92.4
Medium 0.00 / yr $2M
2 Glynn County
92.1
Medium 0.00 / yr $1M
3 McIntosh County
87.2
Low 0.00 / yr $589K
4 Camden County
84.4
Low 0.00 / yr $749K
5 Bryan County
80.0
Low 0.00 / yr $526K
6 Carroll County
78.7
Low 0.00 / yr $391K
7 Fannin County
76.3
Low 0.00 / yr $222K
8 Liberty County
76.1
Low 0.00 / yr $396K
9 Floyd County
74.4
Low 0.00 / yr $210K
10 Ware County
73.7
Low 0.00 / yr $176K
11 Bibb County
73.0
Low 0.00 / yr $185K
12 Lowndes County
72.5
Low 0.00 / yr $203K
13 Effingham County
72.3
Low 0.00 / yr $254K
14 Charlton County
72.2
Low 0.00 / yr $125K
15 Union County
71.9
Low 0.00 / yr $135K
16 Polk County
71.5
Low 0.00 / yr $125K
17 Gilmer County
71.3
Low 0.00 / yr $135K
18 Thomas County
71.2
Low 0.00 / yr $151K
19 Dougherty County
70.4
Low 0.00 / yr $129K
20 Haralson County
69.4
Low 0.00 / yr $142K
21 Colquitt County
69.0
Low 0.00 / yr $112K
22 Pierce County
69.0
Low 0.00 / yr $180K
23 Coffee County
68.2
Low 0.00 / yr $110K
24 Houston County
68.1
Low 0.00 / yr $174K
25 Brantley County
67.8
Low 0.00 / yr $152K
26 Richmond County
67.1
Low 0.00 / yr $118K
27 Baldwin County
66.9
Low 0.00 / yr $117K
28 Laurens County
65.7
Low 0.00 / yr $105K
29 Paulding County
65.3
Low 0.00 / yr $169K
30 Columbia County
65.2
Low 0.00 / yr $171K
31 Sumter County
64.5
Low 0.00 / yr $79K
32 Rabun County
64.1
Low 0.00 / yr $79K
33 Decatur County
64.0
Low 0.00 / yr $73K
34 Bulloch County
64.0
Low 0.00 / yr $108K
35 Tattnall County
63.1
Very Low 0.00 / yr $76K
36 Putnam County
63.1
Very Low 0.00 / yr $72K
37 Grady County
62.7
Very Low 0.00 / yr $78K
38 Bartow County
62.2
Very Low 0.00 / yr $129K
39 Wayne County
61.7
Very Low 0.00 / yr $74K
40 Muscogee County
61.1
Very Low 0.00 / yr $78K
41 Crisp County
61.1
Very Low 0.00 / yr $59K
42 Long County
61.0
Very Low 0.00 / yr $119K
43 Walker County
60.9
Very Low 0.00 / yr $87K
44 Dodge County
60.8
Very Low 0.00 / yr $62K
45 Lee County
60.2
Very Low 0.00 / yr $108K
46 Jones County
60.1
Very Low 0.00 / yr $76K
47 McDuffie County
60.0
Very Low 0.00 / yr $62K
48 Pickens County
59.8
Very Low 0.00 / yr $83K
49 Burke County
59.7
Very Low 0.00 / yr $65K
50 Troup County
58.9
Very Low 0.00 / yr $64K
51 Cherokee County
58.8
Very Low 0.00 / yr $108K
52 Twiggs County
58.2
Very Low 0.00 / yr $47K
53 Whitfield County
58.0
Very Low 0.00 / yr $63K
54 Greene County
57.6
Very Low 0.00 / yr $55K
55 Bacon County
56.6
Very Low 0.00 / yr $51K
56 Brooks County
56.4
Very Low 0.00 / yr $44K
57 Peach County
56.3
Very Low 0.00 / yr $65K
58 Pulaski County
56.2
Very Low 0.00 / yr $45K
59 Mitchell County
56.1
Very Low 0.00 / yr $45K
60 Tift County
55.7
Very Low 0.00 / yr $57K
61 Gordon County
54.7
Very Low 0.00 / yr $65K
62 Chattooga County
54.3
Very Low 0.00 / yr $42K
63 Screven County
54.2
Very Low 0.00 / yr $41K
64 Clinch County
54.2
Very Low 0.00 / yr $37K
65 Hancock County
54.1
Very Low 0.00 / yr $33K
66 Towns County
53.8
Very Low 0.00 / yr $37K
67 Washington County
53.8
Very Low 0.00 / yr $44K
68 Berrien County
53.7
Very Low 0.00 / yr $41K
69 Toombs County
53.5
Very Low 0.00 / yr $47K
70 Worth County
53.4
Very Low 0.00 / yr $42K
71 Monroe County
53.4
Very Low 0.00 / yr $56K
72 Murray County
53.3
Very Low 0.00 / yr $54K
73 Fulton County
52.9
Very Low 0.00 / yr $65K
74 Appling County
52.9
Very Low 0.00 / yr $42K
75 Emanuel County
52.5
Very Low 0.00 / yr $39K
76 Cobb County
51.7
Very Low 0.00 / yr $68K
77 Heard County
51.6
Very Low 0.00 / yr $33K
78 Jefferson County
51.5
Very Low 0.00 / yr $39K
79 White County
50.9
Very Low 0.00 / yr $49K
80 Hall County
50.4
Very Low 0.00 / yr $53K
81 Jeff Davis County
50.1
Very Low 0.00 / yr $33K
82 Dade County
50.0
Very Low 0.00 / yr $37K
83 Early County
49.9
Very Low 0.00 / yr $29K
84 Marion County
49.5
Very Low 0.00 / yr $29K
85 Bleckley County
49.0
Very Low 0.00 / yr $34K
86 Harris County
49.0
Very Low 0.00 / yr $51K
87 Habersham County
48.6
Very Low 0.00 / yr $43K
88 Forsyth County
48.3
Very Low 0.00 / yr $65K
89 Evans County
48.0
Very Low 0.00 / yr $31K
90 Taylor County
48.0
Very Low 0.00 / yr $25K
91 Coweta County
47.6
Very Low 0.00 / yr $53K
92 Gwinnett County
46.2
Very Low 0.00 / yr $42K
93 Lumpkin County
46.0
Very Low 0.00 / yr $34K
94 Cook County
45.6
Very Low 0.00 / yr $28K
95 Johnson County
45.5
Very Low 0.00 / yr $22K
96 Telfair County
45.3
Very Low 0.00 / yr $22K
97 Meriwether County
44.7
Very Low 0.00 / yr $23K
98 Crawford County
44.2
Very Low 0.00 / yr $39K
99 Stewart County
43.9
Very Low 0.00 / yr $18K
100 DeKalb County
43.7
Very Low 0.00 / yr $32K
101 Atkinson County
43.4
Very Low 0.00 / yr $29K
102 Macon County
43.2
Very Low 0.00 / yr $18K
103 Douglas County
43.1
Very Low 0.00 / yr $43K
104 Henry County
43.0
Very Low 0.00 / yr $39K
105 Dooly County
42.7
Very Low 0.00 / yr $31K
106 Ben Hill County
42.4
Very Low 0.00 / yr $19K
107 Lanier County
42.1
Very Low 0.00 / yr $26K
108 Wilkinson County
41.9
Very Low 0.00 / yr $27K
109 Upson County
41.6
Very Low 0.00 / yr $27K
110 Warren County
41.6
Very Low 0.00 / yr $17K
111 Terrell County
41.5
Very Low 0.00 / yr $21K
112 Jasper County
41.4
Very Low 0.00 / yr $25K
113 Elbert County
41.1
Very Low 0.00 / yr $20K
114 Talbot County
40.5
Very Low 0.00 / yr $15K
115 Newton County
40.4
Very Low 0.00 / yr $37K
116 Wilcox County
40.0
Very Low 0.00 / yr $20K
117 Turner County
39.6
Very Low 0.00 / yr $17K
118 Quitman County
39.5
Very Low 0.00 / yr $14K
119 Lincoln County
39.0
Very Low 0.00 / yr $21K
120 Butts County
38.6
Very Low 0.00 / yr $19K
121 Morgan County
38.3
Very Low 0.00 / yr $27K
122 Spalding County
37.9
Very Low 0.00 / yr $24K
123 Randolph County
37.6
Very Low 0.00 / yr $14K
124 Catoosa County
37.5
Very Low 0.00 / yr $25K
125 Montgomery County
37.1
Very Low 0.00 / yr $16K
126 Stephens County
37.0
Very Low 0.00 / yr $17K
127 Clay County
36.8
Very Low 0.00 / yr $12K
128 Seminole County
36.0
Very Low 0.00 / yr $19K
129 Miller County
36.0
Very Low 0.00 / yr $15K
130 Rockdale County
35.9
Very Low 0.00 / yr $23K
131 Walton County
35.9
Very Low 0.00 / yr $24K
132 Candler County
35.1
Very Low 0.00 / yr $16K
133 Chattahoochee County
35.0
Very Low 0.00 / yr $25K
134 Lamar County
34.9
Very Low 0.00 / yr $18K
135 Wilkes County
34.7
Very Low 0.00 / yr $13K
136 Clayton County
34.4
Very Low 0.00 / yr $18K
137 Fayette County
34.2
Very Low 0.00 / yr $26K
138 Wheeler County
34.0
Very Low 0.00 / yr $11K
139 Pike County
33.7
Very Low 0.00 / yr $16K
140 Dawson County
33.5
Very Low 0.00 / yr $22K
141 Jenkins County
32.1
Very Low 0.00 / yr $13K
142 Baker County
30.6
Very Low 0.00 / yr $9K
143 Echols County
30.4
Very Low 0.00 / yr $19K
144 Glascock County
29.9
Very Low 0.00 / yr $11K
145 Madison County
29.7
Very Low 0.00 / yr $11K
146 Oglethorpe County
29.4
Very Low 0.00 / yr $14K
147 Calhoun County
29.3
Very Low 0.00 / yr $8K
148 Webster County
29.0
Very Low 0.00 / yr $9K
149 Jackson County
28.8
Very Low 0.00 / yr $19K
150 Franklin County
27.6
Very Low 0.00 / yr $10K
151 Treutlen County
26.5
Very Low 0.00 / yr $11K
152 Oconee County
25.9
Very Low 0.00 / yr $19K
153 Clarke County
25.6
Very Low 0.00 / yr $12K
154 Banks County
24.4
Very Low 0.00 / yr $11K
155 Irwin County
23.3
Very Low 0.00 / yr $10K
156 Hart County
23.2
Very Low 0.00 / yr $8K
157 Schley County
21.8
Very Low 0.00 / yr $12K
158 Barrow County
19.6
Very Low 0.00 / yr $9K
159 Taliaferro County
18.3
Very Low 0.00 / yr $4K

159 Georgia counties with measurable wildfire risk. See the national wildfire ranking or all Georgia counties by overall risk.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Georgia county has the highest wildfire risk?

Chatham County has the highest FEMA wildfire risk score in Georgia at 92.4 (Medium), with $2M in expected annual losses and about 0.00 events per year.

How many Georgia counties face significant wildfire risk?

159 Georgia counties record measurable wildfire risk in FEMA's National Risk Index; 0 of them are rated High or Very High.

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