Islandton, SC
Islandton, SC's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Islandton at the 73rd national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 80 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Islandton at the 73rd national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Islandton's buildings actually sit
Of Islandton's 80 counted buildings, 98.8% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Islandton compares
Islandton scores 73rd nationally and 68th 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, Islandton ranks 8,581 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,897 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 154 of 474 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Islandton
Islandton's high rating (73rd 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
With 98.8% of Islandton 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.
Where Islandton's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 80 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Islandton. The exposure-zones guide covers what Islandton's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.