Forestbrook, SC
How exposed is Forestbrook to wildfire?
USFS scores Forestbrook at the 75th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 2,357 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Forestbrook at the 67th national percentile — 7 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Forestbrook's buildings actually sit
2,357 buildings are counted in Forestbrook, and 50.7% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 49.3% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Forestbrook against the rest of the country
Forestbrook's risk sits at a similar level relative to South Carolina (73rd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (75th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Forestbrook ranks 8,011 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,592 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 128 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 75th percentile nationally, Forestbrook carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Hardening a home in Forestbrook
Because 50.7% of Forestbrook's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Forestbrook's figures come from
Forestbrook's 75th-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 Forestbrook's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.