DeBordieu Colony, SC
How exposed is DeBordieu Colony to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts DeBordieu Colony at the 92nd national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 859 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts DeBordieu Colony at the 90th percentile, close to its 92nd-percentile risk score.
Where DeBordieu Colony's buildings actually sit
859 buildings are counted in DeBordieu Colony, and 68.1% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0.6% rated Minimal.
DeBordieu Colony against the rest of the country
There's little gap between DeBordieu Colony's 92nd national percentile and its 99th 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, DeBordieu Colony ranks 2,531 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,094 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 6 of 474 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in DeBordieu Colony
At the 92nd percentile nationally, DeBordieu Colony 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.
Hardening a home in DeBordieu Colony
DeBordieu Colony's 68.1% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where DeBordieu Colony's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind DeBordieu Colony's 2,531-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what DeBordieu Colony's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.