Chauncey, GA
How exposed is Chauncey to wildfire?
Chauncey sits at the 72nd 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 211 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Chauncey at the 70th percentile, close to its 72nd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Chauncey: 80.1% of its 211 buildings, versus 19.9% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Chauncey compares
Chauncey scores 72nd nationally and 71st 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, Chauncey ranks 8,914 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,431 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 197 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Chauncey and the insurance market
Chauncey's high rating (72nd 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.
Hardening a home in Chauncey
Chauncey's 80.1% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 211 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Chauncey. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Chauncey, see the exposure-zones guide.