Belvedere Park, GA
How exposed is Belvedere Park to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Belvedere Park lands at the 47th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 6,196 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Belvedere Park at the 50th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Belvedere Park's 6,196 counted buildings, 63.9% carry Direct exposure and only 36.1% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first. At 6,196 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How Belvedere Park compares
Belvedere Park ranks lower within Georgia (3rd percentile statewide) than its 47th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Belvedere Park ranks 16,632 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,799 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 648 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Belvedere Park
At the 47th national percentile, Belvedere Park rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 63.9% of Belvedere Park in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 6,196 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Belvedere Park. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Belvedere Park, see the exposure-zones guide.