McBee, SC
McBee wildfire risk explained
USFS scores McBee at the 76th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 541 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks McBee at the 73rd national percentile — 3 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
McBee's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of McBee's buildings (50.6%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
McBee against the rest of the country
McBee's risk sits at a similar level relative to South Carolina (76th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (76th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, McBee ranks 7,606 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,713 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 116 of 474 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in McBee
McBee's high rating (76th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
McBee's 50.6% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
McBee's 76th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond McBee, see the exposure-zones guide.