Danwood, SC
How exposed is Danwood to wildfire?
USFS scores Danwood at the 84th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 376 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Danwood at the 85th percentile, close to its 84th-percentile risk score.
Danwood's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 75.3% of Danwood's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 24.7% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 283 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Danwood against the rest of the country
Danwood's risk sits at a similar level relative to South Carolina (92nd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (84th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Danwood ranks 4,926 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,749 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 38 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 84th percentile nationally, Danwood carries the very 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
With 75.3% of Danwood 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 376 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Danwood. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Danwood, see the exposure-zones guide.