Americus, GA
Americus, GA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Americus lands at the 61st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 6,397 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Americus's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 62nd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in Americus (64% of 6,397 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 36% sit in the Direct zone. At 6,397 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Americus against the rest of the country
Inside Georgia, Americus sits at just the 23rd percentile even though it scores 61st 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, Americus ranks 12,252 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,707 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 512 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Americus and the insurance market
Americus's 61st-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.
Hardening a home in Americus
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Americus (64% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Americus's 61st-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Americus, see the exposure-zones guide.