Suwanee, GA
How exposed is Suwanee to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Suwanee lands at the 48th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 5,818 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Suwanee at the 51st national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Suwanee's buildings actually sit
35.5% of Suwanee's 5,818 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 32.6% Direct and 31.9% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone. At 5,818 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Suwanee against the rest of the country
Inside Georgia, Suwanee sits at just the 4th percentile even though it scores 48th 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, Suwanee ranks 16,318 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,963 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 641 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Suwanee
Suwanee's elevated rating (48th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Suwanee's 35.5% 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.
Where Suwanee's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 5,818 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Suwanee. The exposure-zones guide covers what Suwanee's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.