Leesburg, GA
How exposed is Leesburg to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Leesburg lands at the 61st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 1,454 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Leesburg at the 62nd percentile, close to its 61st-percentile risk score.
Where Leesburg's buildings actually sit
48.5% of Leesburg's 1,454 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 705 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 33.6% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 18% are Minimal.
Where Leesburg ranks
Leesburg ranks lower within Georgia (25th percentile statewide) than its 61st national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Leesburg ranks 12,158 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,377 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 500 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
Leesburg's 61st-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Leesburg (48.5%), 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 1,454 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Leesburg. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Leesburg, see the exposure-zones guide.