Due West, SC
Due West wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Due West at the 66th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 480 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Due West's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 69th percentile nationally.
Due West's building exposure, zone by zone
480 buildings are counted in Due West, and 80.2% 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% rated Minimal.
Due West against the rest of the country
Due West's 66th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 39th ranking inside South Carolina does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 27 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Due West ranks 10,820 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,714 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 290 of 474 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Carolina on its state page.
Due West and the insurance market
Due West's high rating (66th 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
With 80.2% of Due West 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 480 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Due West. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Due West, see the exposure-zones guide.