Byromville, GA
Byromville, GA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Byromville sits at the 62nd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 249 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Byromville at the 61st national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Byromville's building exposure, zone by zone
249 buildings are counted in Byromville, and 57.8% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 42.2% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Byromville ranks
Byromville ranks lower within Georgia (27th percentile statewide) than its 62nd national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Byromville ranks 11,972 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,162 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 484 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
Byromville's 62nd-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
What would actually reduce this score
Byromville's 57.8% 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
Byromville's 62nd-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 Byromville, see the exposure-zones guide.