Mayesville, SC
Mayesville, SC's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Mayesville at the 75th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 439 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Mayesville at the 75th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Mayesville's buildings actually sit
Of Mayesville's 439 counted buildings, 56.7% 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.
Mayesville against the rest of the country
Mayesville's risk sits at a similar level relative to South Carolina (73rd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (75th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mayesville ranks 8,048 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,491 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 132 of 474 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Mayesville
At the 75th percentile nationally, Mayesville carries the 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Mayesville's 56.7% 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
Mayesville's 75th-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 Mayesville, see the exposure-zones guide.