Hopkins, SC
How exposed is Hopkins to wildfire?
Hopkins sits at the 70th 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 1,668 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Hopkins at the 70th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Hopkins's buildings actually sit
96.6% of Hopkins's 1,668 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 1,612 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 3.4% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How Hopkins compares
Hopkins scores 70th nationally and 57th within South Carolina — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hopkins ranks 9,557 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,531 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 203 of 474 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Carolina on its state page.
Hopkins and the insurance market
Hopkins's 70th-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Hardening a home in Hopkins
Because Direct exposure dominates in Hopkins (96.6%), 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 1,668 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Hopkins. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Hopkins, see the exposure-zones guide.