Cleveland, GA
Cleveland wildfire risk explained
Cleveland sits at the 77th 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 1,382 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 Cleveland at the 81st percentile, close to its 77th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
1,382 buildings are counted in Cleveland, and 62.5% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
How Cleveland compares
Cleveland's risk sits at a similar level relative to Georgia (86th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (77th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Cleveland ranks 7,148 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,703 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 94 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Cleveland
Cleveland's high rating (77th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Cleveland's 62.5% 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.
Where Cleveland's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,382 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Cleveland. The exposure-zones guide covers what Cleveland's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.