New England, GA
New England, GA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, New England lands at the 81st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 369 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks New England at the 84th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
86.2% of New England's 369 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 318 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 13.8% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
New England against the rest of the country
There's little gap between New England's 81st national percentile and its 93rd percentile inside Georgia, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, New England ranks 5,863 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,878 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 49 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in New England
At the 81st percentile nationally, New England carries the very high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
New England's 86.2% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind New England's 5,863-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond New England, see the exposure-zones guide.