Alcolu, SC
How exposed is Alcolu to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Alcolu lands at the 80th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 341 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Alcolu at the 80th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Alcolu's buildings actually sit
Of Alcolu's 341 counted buildings, 93.3% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Alcolu ranks
Alcolu's risk sits at a similar level relative to South Carolina (84th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (80th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Alcolu ranks 6,310 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,563 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 75 of 474 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Alcolu
Alcolu's high rating (80th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Alcolu's 93.3% 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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Alcolu's 6,310-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Alcolu, see the exposure-zones guide.