Boykin, SC
How exposed is Boykin to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Boykin at the 69th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 149 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Boykin's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 70th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
149 buildings are counted in Boykin, and 90.6% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
How Boykin compares
There's little gap between Boykin's 69th national percentile and its 56th percentile inside South Carolina, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Boykin ranks 9,651 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,927 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 208 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
Boykin's 69th-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 Boykin
Because Direct exposure dominates in Boykin (90.6%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Boykin's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 149 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Boykin. The exposure-zones guide covers what Boykin's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.