Kingston, GA
Kingston wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Kingston at the 77th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 416 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Kingston's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 78th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Kingston's 416 counted buildings, 85.8% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Kingston against the rest of the country
Kingston's risk sits at a similar level relative to Georgia (85th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (77th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Kingston ranks 7,402 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,903 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 103 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
Kingston's high rating (77th 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
Because Direct exposure dominates in Kingston (85.8%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Kingston's figures come from
Kingston's 77th-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 Kingston's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.