Blue Ridge, GA
Blue Ridge wildfire risk explained
Blue Ridge's 1,021 buildings earn a 73rd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Blue Ridge at the 75th percentile, close to its 73rd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
61.7% of Blue Ridge's 1,021 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 38% Direct and 0.3% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Blue Ridge against the rest of the country
Blue Ridge scores 73rd nationally and 76th within Georgia — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Blue Ridge ranks 8,566 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,788 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 163 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
Blue Ridge's high rating (73rd 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
Because 61.7% of Blue Ridge's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Blue Ridge's figures come from
Blue Ridge's 73rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Blue Ridge's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.