Allendale, SC
Allendale, SC's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Allendale sits at the 65th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,733 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Allendale at the 64th percentile, close to its 65th-percentile risk score.
Allendale's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Allendale's buildings (69.8%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Where Allendale ranks
Allendale's 65th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 33rd ranking inside South Carolina does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 31 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Allendale ranks 11,133 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,293 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 314 of 474 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Carolina on its state page.
Allendale and the insurance market
Allendale's high rating (65th 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
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Allendale (69.8% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,733 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Allendale. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Allendale, see the exposure-zones guide.