Rest Haven, GA
Rest Haven wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Rest Haven lands at the 54th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 53 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Rest Haven at the 57th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Rest Haven's building exposure, zone by zone
62.3% of Rest Haven's 53 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 33 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 37.7% are Minimal.
Where Rest Haven ranks
Inside Georgia, Rest Haven sits at just the 11th percentile even though it scores 54th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rest Haven ranks 14,487 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,843 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 597 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Rest Haven's elevated rating (54th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Rest Haven
Because Direct exposure dominates in Rest Haven (62.3%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Rest Haven's 14,487-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Rest Haven, see the exposure-zones guide.