Damascus, GA
How exposed is Damascus to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Damascus lands at the 61st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 253 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Damascus at the 60th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Damascus's building exposure, zone by zone
253 buildings are counted in Damascus, and 70% 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.
Where Damascus ranks
Inside Georgia, Damascus sits at just the 22nd percentile even though it scores 61st nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Damascus ranks 12,348 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,040 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 525 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
Damascus's high rating (61st 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
Because Direct exposure dominates in Damascus (70%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Damascus's 61st-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Damascus, see the exposure-zones guide.