Golden Grove, SC
Golden Grove wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Golden Grove lands at the 60th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 1,538 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Golden Grove's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 63rd percentile nationally.
Golden Grove's building exposure, zone by zone
1,538 buildings are counted in Golden Grove, and 87.8% 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.
Where Golden Grove ranks
Golden Grove's 60th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 19th ranking inside South Carolina does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 41 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Golden Grove ranks 12,618 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,994 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 383 of 474 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Golden Grove
Golden Grove's elevated wildfire rating (60th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Golden Grove
With 87.8% of Golden Grove in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Golden Grove's 12,618-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Golden Grove, see the exposure-zones guide.