Royston, GA
How exposed is Royston to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Royston lands at the 61st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 1,312 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Royston at the 65th national percentile — 4 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Royston's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Royston: 52.2% of its 1,312 buildings, versus 47.8% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Royston against the rest of the country
Royston's 61st national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 23rd ranking inside Georgia does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 38 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Royston ranks 12,258 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,009 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 518 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Royston and the insurance market
At the 61st percentile nationally, Royston carries the 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Royston's 52.2% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,312 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Royston. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Royston, see the exposure-zones guide.