Waresboro, GA
How exposed is Waresboro to wildfire?
USFS scores Waresboro at the 84th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 312 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Waresboro at the 83rd percentile, close to its 84th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Waresboro: 89.1% of its 312 buildings, versus 10.9% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Waresboro ranks
There's little gap between Waresboro's 84th national percentile and its 95th percentile inside Georgia, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Waresboro ranks 5,137 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,312 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 37 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Waresboro
Waresboro's very high rating (84th 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.
Hardening a home in Waresboro
Because Direct exposure dominates in Waresboro (89.1%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Waresboro's figures come from
Waresboro's 84th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Waresboro's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.