Gloverville, SC
How exposed is Gloverville to wildfire?
Gloverville sits at the 66th 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 1,525 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Gloverville at the 66th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Gloverville's buildings actually sit
1,525 buildings are counted in Gloverville, and 60.6% 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.
Gloverville against the rest of the country
Inside South Carolina, Gloverville sits at just the 41st percentile even though it scores 66th 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, Gloverville ranks 10,601 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,064 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 280 of 474 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Gloverville
At the 66th percentile nationally, Gloverville 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Gloverville's 60.6% 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.
Where Gloverville's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Gloverville's 10,601-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Gloverville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.