Geneva, GA
Geneva wildfire risk explained
Geneva sits at the 70th 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 102 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 Geneva at the 71st percentile, close to its 70th-percentile risk score.
Geneva's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 92.2% of Geneva's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 7.8% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 94 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Geneva against the rest of the country
Geneva scores 70th nationally and 65th 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, Geneva ranks 9,384 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,938 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 236 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Geneva and the insurance market
Geneva's high rating (70th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 92.2% of Geneva in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Geneva's 9,384-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Geneva, see the exposure-zones guide.