Mulberry, SC
How exposed is Mulberry to wildfire?
Mulberry's 325 buildings earn a 78th-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.)
Separately from the risk score above, Mulberry's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 77th percentile nationally.
Where Mulberry's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Mulberry: 70.5% of its 325 buildings, versus 29.5% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Mulberry compares
There's little gap between Mulberry's 78th national percentile and its 78th percentile inside South Carolina, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mulberry ranks 7,093 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,971 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 103 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
Mulberry's high rating (78th 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
Mulberry's 70.5% 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
Mulberry's 78th-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 Mulberry, see the exposure-zones guide.