Boiling Springs, SC
Boiling Springs wildfire risk explained
Boiling Springs's 4,363 buildings earn a 56th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Boiling Springs at the 60th percentile, close to its 56th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
4,363 buildings are counted in Boiling Springs, and 57.9% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 2.8% rated Minimal.
How Boiling Springs compares
Boiling Springs ranks lower within South Carolina (11th percentile statewide) than its 56th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Boiling Springs ranks 13,820 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,918 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 421 of 474 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Boiling Springs
At the 56th national percentile, Boiling Springs rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Boiling Springs
Boiling Springs's 57.9% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 4,363 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Boiling Springs. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Boiling Springs, see the exposure-zones guide.