Foreston, SC
Foreston, SC's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Foreston lands at the 89th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 130 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 Foreston at the 89th percentile, close to its 89th-percentile risk score.
Foreston's building exposure, zone by zone
130 buildings are counted in Foreston, and 97.7% 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.
How Foreston compares
There's little gap between Foreston's 89th national percentile and its 95th percentile inside South Carolina, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Foreston ranks 3,601 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,733 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 22 of 474 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Foreston
At the 89th percentile nationally, Foreston carries the very 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Foreston (97.7%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 130 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Foreston. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Foreston, see the exposure-zones guide.