Port Wentworth, GA
Port Wentworth, GA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Port Wentworth at the 85th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 4,646 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Port Wentworth at the 78th percentile, close to its 85th-percentile risk score.
Where Port Wentworth's buildings actually sit
56.5% of Port Wentworth's 4,646 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 31.2% Direct and 12.3% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Port Wentworth ranks
There's little gap between Port Wentworth's 85th national percentile and its 96th percentile inside Georgia, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Port Wentworth ranks 4,786 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,661 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 27 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Port Wentworth and the insurance market
Port Wentworth's very high rating (85th 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 Port Wentworth
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Port Wentworth (56.5% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Port Wentworth's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 4,646 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Port Wentworth. The exposure-zones guide covers what Port Wentworth's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.