Brookdale, SC
How exposed is Brookdale to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Brookdale at the 65th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 1,844 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Brookdale at the 64th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 49.7% of Brookdale's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 36.9% Indirect share and far above its 13.4% Minimal share — a profile where 917 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Brookdale against the rest of the country
Inside South Carolina, Brookdale sits at just the 33rd percentile even though it scores 65th 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, Brookdale ranks 11,200 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,929 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 318 of 474 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Brookdale
At the 65th percentile nationally, Brookdale carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Brookdale (49.7%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Brookdale's 65th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Brookdale, see the exposure-zones guide.