Gresham Park, GA
Gresham Park, GA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Gresham Park at the 50th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 2,964 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Gresham Park's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 53rd percentile nationally.
Where Gresham Park's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Gresham Park: 65.3% of its 2,964 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 34.7% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Gresham Park ranks
Inside Georgia, Gresham Park sits at just the 5th percentile even though it scores 50th 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, Gresham Park ranks 15,654 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,492 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 633 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Gresham Park and the insurance market
Gresham Park's elevated wildfire rating (50th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Gresham Park
With 65.3% of Gresham Park 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,964 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Gresham Park. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Gresham Park, see the exposure-zones guide.