Caesars Head, SC
How exposed is Caesars Head to wildfire?
USFS scores Caesars Head at the 67th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 204 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Caesars Head at the 68th national percentile — 1 points above 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 100% of Caesars Head's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 204 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Caesars Head compares
Inside South Carolina, Caesars Head sits at just the 44th percentile even though it scores 67th 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, Caesars Head ranks 10,408 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,708 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 266 of 474 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Carolina on its state page.
Caesars Head and the insurance market
At the 67th percentile nationally, Caesars Head 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 Caesars Head (100%), 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 204 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Caesars Head. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Caesars Head, see the exposure-zones guide.