Bishopville, SC
Bishopville, SC's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Bishopville sits at the 64th 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 1,819 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 Bishopville at the 65th percentile, close to its 64th-percentile risk score.
Bishopville's building exposure, zone by zone
58.8% of Bishopville's 1,819 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 30.2% Direct and 11.1% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Bishopville ranks
Bishopville ranks lower within South Carolina (30th percentile statewide) than its 64th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bishopville ranks 11,482 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,010 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 333 of 474 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Bishopville
Bishopville's 64th-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Hardening a home in Bishopville
Bishopville's 58.8% 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.
Where Bishopville's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Bishopville's 11,482-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Bishopville's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.