Kennesaw State University, GA
Kennesaw State University wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Kennesaw State University at the 60th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 101 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Kennesaw State University at the 64th percentile, close to its 60th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Kennesaw State University's buildings (99% of 101) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Kennesaw State University against the rest of the country
Inside Georgia, Kennesaw State University sits at just the 20th percentile even though it scores 60th 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, Kennesaw State University ranks 12,598 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,985 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 540 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
At the 60th national percentile, Kennesaw State University rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
With 99% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Kennesaw State University gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 101 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Kennesaw State University. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Kennesaw State University, see the exposure-zones guide.