Ben Avon, SC
Ben Avon, SC's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Ben Avon sits at the 54th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,154 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Ben Avon's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 57th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in Ben Avon (53.6% of 1,154 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 46.4% sit in the Direct zone.
Ben Avon against the rest of the country
Inside South Carolina, Ben Avon sits at just the 9th percentile even though it scores 54th 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, Ben Avon ranks 14,544 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,926 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 433 of 474 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Carolina on its state page.
Ben Avon and the insurance market
Ben Avon's elevated wildfire rating (54th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Ben Avon's 53.6% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Ben Avon's 54th-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 Ben Avon, see the exposure-zones guide.