Meansville, GA
How exposed is Meansville to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Meansville at the 74th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 158 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Meansville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 78th percentile nationally.
Where Meansville's buildings actually sit
100% of Meansville's 158 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 158 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Meansville ranks
Meansville's risk sits at a similar level relative to Georgia (79th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (74th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Meansville ranks 8,186 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,518 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 142 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Meansville and the insurance market
Meansville's 74th-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.
Hardening a home in Meansville
With 100% of Meansville in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Meansville's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 158 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Meansville. The exposure-zones guide covers what Meansville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.