Arcade, GA
Arcade wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Arcade lands at the 60th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 928 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Arcade at the 63rd percentile, close to its 60th-percentile risk score.
Where Arcade's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Arcade: 95.6% of its 928 buildings, versus 4.4% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Arcade compares
Arcade ranks lower within Georgia (19th percentile statewide) than its 60th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Arcade ranks 12,693 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,487 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 542 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Arcade and the insurance market
Arcade's elevated rating (60th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Arcade's 95.6% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 928 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Arcade. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Arcade, see the exposure-zones guide.