East Camden, SC
How exposed is East Camden to wildfire?
East Camden sits at the 68th 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 2,016 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, East Camden's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 68th percentile nationally.
East Camden's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of East Camden's buildings (55.6%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
East Camden against the rest of the country
Inside South Carolina, East Camden sits at just the 46th percentile even though it scores 68th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, East Camden ranks 10,253 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,429 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 254 of 474 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Carolina on its state page.
East Camden and the insurance market
East Camden's high rating (68th 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.
Hardening a home in East Camden
East Camden's 55.6% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
East Camden's 68th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond East Camden, see the exposure-zones guide.