Johns Creek, GA
Johns Creek wildfire risk explained
Johns Creek's 24,279 buildings earn a 46th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Johns Creek at the 49th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Johns Creek's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Johns Creek (39.3% of 24,279 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 29.1% sit in the Direct zone. At 24,279 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Johns Creek against the rest of the country
Johns Creek's 46th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 2nd ranking inside Georgia does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 44 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Johns Creek ranks 16,921 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 528 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 657 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Johns Creek and the insurance market
Johns Creek's elevated rating (46th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Johns Creek's 39.3% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Johns Creek's figures come from
Johns Creek's 46th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Johns Creek's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.