Ehrhardt, SC
Ehrhardt wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Ehrhardt at the 70th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 473 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Ehrhardt at the 69th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 70.8% of Ehrhardt's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 29.2% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 335 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Ehrhardt against the rest of the country
Ehrhardt scores 70th nationally and 60th within South Carolina — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Ehrhardt ranks 9,332 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,831 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 190 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
Ehrhardt's high rating (70th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Ehrhardt's 70.8% 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 473 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Ehrhardt. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Ehrhardt, see the exposure-zones guide.