Clemson, SC
Clemson, SC's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Clemson's 4,737 buildings earn a 64th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm 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 Clemson at the 67th percentile, close to its 64th-percentile risk score.
Clemson's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Clemson: 58.9% of its 4,737 buildings, versus 40.9% Indirect and 0.2% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Clemson against the rest of the country
Inside South Carolina, Clemson sits at just the 31st percentile even though it scores 64th 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, Clemson ranks 11,417 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,602 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 329 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
At the 64th percentile nationally, Clemson 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.
Hardening a home in Clemson
With 58.9% of Clemson in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Clemson's 11,417-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Clemson, see the exposure-zones guide.