Braselton, GA
Braselton wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Braselton lands at the 53rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 5,202 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Braselton's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 56th percentile nationally.
Braselton's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Braselton (68.1% of 5,202 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 31.9% sit in the Direct zone. At 5,202 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How Braselton compares
Braselton's 53rd national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 9th ranking inside Georgia does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 44 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Braselton ranks 14,869 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,312 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 609 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
Braselton's elevated rating (53rd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 68.1% of Braselton'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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 5,202 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Braselton. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Braselton, see the exposure-zones guide.