West Brow, GA
How exposed is West Brow to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts West Brow at the 81st national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 469 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks West Brow at the 83rd national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
West Brow's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in West Brow: 95.1% of its 469 buildings, versus 4.9% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
West Brow against the rest of the country
West Brow's risk sits at a similar level relative to Georgia (92nd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (81st) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, West Brow ranks 6,111 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,894 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 56 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in West Brow
West Brow's very high rating (81st 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
West Brow's 95.1% 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.
Where West Brow's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 469 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for West Brow. The exposure-zones guide covers what West Brow's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.