Ambrose, GA
Ambrose, GA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Ambrose at the 63rd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 250 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 Ambrose at the 63rd percentile, close to its 63rd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Ambrose's 250 counted buildings, 65.6% 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.
Ambrose against the rest of the country
Ambrose ranks lower within Georgia (31st percentile statewide) than its 63rd national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Ambrose ranks 11,653 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,131 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 454 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
Ambrose's high rating (63rd 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Ambrose's 65.6% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Ambrose's 11,653-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Ambrose, see the exposure-zones guide.