Rossville, GA
How exposed is Rossville to wildfire?
Rossville sits at the 66th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,833 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Rossville at the 70th national percentile — 4 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Rossville's building exposure, zone by zone
1,833 buildings are counted in Rossville, and 39.8% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 27.5% in Direct exposure or the 32.7% rated Minimal.
Where Rossville ranks
Inside Georgia, Rossville sits at just the 49th percentile even though it scores 66th 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, Rossville ranks 10,648 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,969 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 343 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Rossville
Rossville's high rating (66th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Rossville's 39.8% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,833 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Rossville. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Rossville, see the exposure-zones guide.