Ivey, GA
How exposed is Ivey to wildfire?
USFS scores Ivey at the 62nd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 463 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Ivey at the 63rd percentile, close to its 62nd-percentile risk score.
Where Ivey's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Ivey: 88.8% of its 463 buildings, versus 8.4% Indirect and 2.8% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Ivey against the rest of the country
Inside Georgia, Ivey sits at just the 29th percentile even though it scores 62nd 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, Ivey ranks 11,847 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,005 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 480 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Ivey and the insurance market
At the 62nd percentile nationally, Ivey carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Hardening a home in Ivey
Because Direct exposure dominates in Ivey (88.8%), 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 463 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Ivey. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Ivey, see the exposure-zones guide.