Belton, SC
Belton, SC's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Belton sits at the 61st 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 2,555 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Belton's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 64th percentile nationally.
Belton's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 52.6% of Belton's 2,555 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 47.4% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Belton ranks
Inside South Carolina, Belton sits at just the 21st percentile even though it scores 61st nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Belton ranks 12,335 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,189 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 372 of 474 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Carolina on its state page.
Belton and the insurance market
Belton's high rating (61st 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
Because 52.6% of Belton'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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,555 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Belton. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Belton, see the exposure-zones guide.