Statesboro, GA
Statesboro, GA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Statesboro's 7,953 buildings earn a 63rd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Statesboro at the 63rd percentile, close to its 63rd-percentile risk score.
Statesboro's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 35.3% of Statesboro's 7,953 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 33.6% Direct and 31% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to. At 7,953 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Statesboro ranks
Statesboro's 63rd national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 31st ranking inside Georgia does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 32 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Statesboro ranks 11,687 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,129 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 462 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
At the 63rd percentile nationally, Statesboro 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
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Statesboro (35.3% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Statesboro's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Statesboro's 11,687-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Statesboro's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.