Vienna, GA
How exposed is Vienna to wildfire?
USFS scores Vienna at the 55th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 1,462 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Vienna at the 54th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Vienna's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Vienna (40.6% of 1,462 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 31.5% sit in the Direct zone.
How Vienna compares
Vienna ranks lower within Georgia (12th percentile statewide) than its 55th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Vienna ranks 14,144 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,337 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 590 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Vienna and the insurance market
Vienna's elevated wildfire rating (55th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Vienna's 40.6% 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 1,462 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Vienna. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Vienna, see the exposure-zones guide.