Lowrys, SC
Lowrys, SC's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Lowrys sits at the 62nd 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 201 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Lowrys's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 65th percentile nationally.
Lowrys's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Lowrys's 201 counted buildings, 87.6% 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.
Lowrys against the rest of the country
Lowrys's 62nd national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 25th ranking inside South Carolina does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 37 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lowrys ranks 12,052 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,815 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 359 of 474 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Carolina on its state page.
Lowrys and the insurance market
Lowrys's high rating (62nd 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 Lowrys
Because Direct exposure dominates in Lowrys (87.6%), 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 201 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Lowrys. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Lowrys, see the exposure-zones guide.