Manchester, GA
How exposed is Manchester to wildfire?
Manchester sits at the 76th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 2,029 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Manchester at the 79th percentile, close to its 76th-percentile risk score.
Manchester's building exposure, zone by zone
2,029 buildings are counted in Manchester, and 59.2% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 40.8% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Manchester against the rest of the country
Manchester's risk sits at a similar level relative to Georgia (84th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (76th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Manchester ranks 7,501 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,386 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 107 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Manchester
Manchester's high rating (76th 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.
Hardening a home in Manchester
Because 59.2% of Manchester's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Manchester's figures come from
Manchester's 76th-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 Manchester's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.