Lawrenceville, GA
Lawrenceville wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Lawrenceville at the 45th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 9,104 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Lawrenceville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 48th percentile nationally.
Lawrenceville's building exposure, zone by zone
64.3% of Lawrenceville's 9,104 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 35.7% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself. At 9,104 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Lawrenceville ranks
Inside Georgia, Lawrenceville sits at just the 0th percentile even though it scores 45th 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, Lawrenceville ranks 17,294 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,820 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 667 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 45th national percentile, Lawrenceville rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Even with 64.3% of Lawrenceville outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Lawrenceville's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Lawrenceville's 17,294-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Lawrenceville's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.