Dunean, SC
Dunean wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Dunean lands at the 47th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 2,216 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Dunean at the 51st percentile, close to its 47th-percentile risk score.
Where Dunean's buildings actually sit
Dunean rates 88% Minimal exposure against just 11.8% Direct and 0.2% Indirect — of 2,216 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Dunean against the rest of the country
Dunean ranks lower within South Carolina (1st percentile statewide) than its 47th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Dunean ranks 16,718 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,894 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 470 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 47th national percentile, Dunean rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
With 88% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Dunean gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Dunean's 16,718-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Dunean, see the exposure-zones guide.