Jamestown, SC
Jamestown, SC's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Jamestown's 104 buildings earn a 86th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Jamestown's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 88th percentile nationally.
Jamestown's building exposure, zone by zone
104 buildings are counted in Jamestown, and 88.5% 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 Jamestown ranks
Jamestown scores 86th nationally and 94th 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, Jamestown ranks 4,293 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,869 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 30 of 474 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Carolina on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 86th percentile nationally, Jamestown carries the very high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Hardening a home in Jamestown
Jamestown's 88.5% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 104 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Jamestown. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Jamestown, see the exposure-zones guide.