Dovesville, SC
Dovesville wildfire risk explained
Dovesville sits at the 76th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 522 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Dovesville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 76th percentile nationally.
Where Dovesville's buildings actually sit
Of Dovesville's 522 counted buildings, 94.1% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Dovesville compares
Dovesville's risk sits at a similar level relative to South Carolina (75th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (76th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Dovesville ranks 7,695 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,001 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 119 of 474 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Dovesville
Dovesville's high rating (76th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
What would actually reduce this score
Dovesville's 94.1% 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 Dovesville's figures come from
Dovesville's 76th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Dovesville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.