Kline, SC
How exposed is Kline to wildfire?
Kline's 128 buildings earn a 73rd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Kline at the 72nd percentile, close to its 73rd-percentile risk score.
Kline's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Kline: 64.8% of its 128 buildings, versus 35.2% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Kline compares
Kline's risk sits at a similar level relative to South Carolina (67th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (73rd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Kline ranks 8,670 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,822 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 159 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
Kline'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.
Hardening a home in Kline
Kline's 64.8% 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
Kline's 73rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Kline, see the exposure-zones guide.