Ashburn, GA
How exposed is Ashburn to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Ashburn lands at the 65th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 2,067 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Ashburn at the 64th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in Ashburn (64.3% of 2,067 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 35.8% sit in the Direct zone.
Ashburn against the rest of the country
Ashburn's 65th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 40th ranking inside Georgia does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 24 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Ashburn ranks 11,115 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,292 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 394 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
Ashburn's high rating (65th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Ashburn's 64.3% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Ashburn's 65th-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 Ashburn, see the exposure-zones guide.