Hodges, SC
Hodges wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Hodges at the 67th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 138 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Hodges at the 70th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Hodges's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Hodges: 68.1% of its 138 buildings, versus 31.9% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Hodges against the rest of the country
Inside South Carolina, Hodges sits at just the 45th percentile even though it scores 67th 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, Hodges ranks 10,345 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,379 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 261 of 474 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Carolina on its state page.
Hodges and the insurance market
Hodges's high rating (67th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Hodges (68.1%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Hodges's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Hodges's 10,345-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Hodges's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.