Inman, SC
How exposed is Inman to wildfire?
Inman sits at the 59th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,478 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Inman at the 62nd percentile, close to its 59th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS puts 63.3% of Inman's 1,478 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 31.9% Direct and 4.9% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Inman ranks
Inman's 59th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 17th ranking inside South Carolina does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 42 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Inman ranks 12,868 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,266 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 394 of 474 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Carolina on its state page.
Inman and the insurance market
Inman's elevated wildfire rating (59th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Inman's 63.3% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,478 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Inman. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Inman, see the exposure-zones guide.