Milstead, GA
Milstead wildfire risk explained
Milstead sits at the 52nd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 341 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Milstead at the 55th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Milstead's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 63.9% of Milstead's 341 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 36.1% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Milstead ranks
Milstead's 52nd national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 7th ranking inside Georgia does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 45 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Milstead ranks 15,151 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,542 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 620 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Milstead
Milstead's elevated rating (52nd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Milstead's 63.9% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Milstead's 52nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Milstead, see the exposure-zones guide.