Batesburg-Leesville, SC
Batesburg-Leesville wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Batesburg-Leesville at the 66th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 3,358 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Batesburg-Leesville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 68th percentile nationally.
Where Batesburg-Leesville's buildings actually sit
3,358 buildings are counted in Batesburg-Leesville, and 51.9% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 48.1% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Batesburg-Leesville against the rest of the country
Batesburg-Leesville ranks lower within South Carolina (39th percentile statewide) than its 66th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Batesburg-Leesville ranks 10,782 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,975 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 287 of 474 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Carolina on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Batesburg-Leesville's high rating (66th 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 Batesburg-Leesville
Because 51.9% of Batesburg-Leesville's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Batesburg-Leesville's 66th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Batesburg-Leesville, see the exposure-zones guide.