Newry, SC
How exposed is Newry to wildfire?
USFS scores Newry at the 68th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 123 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Newry at the 71st national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Newry's buildings actually sit
75.6% of Newry's 123 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 24.4% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Newry against the rest of the country
Newry's 68th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 47th ranking inside South Carolina does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 21 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Newry ranks 10,188 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,034 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 250 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
Newry's high rating (68th 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 Newry
Because 75.6% of Newry's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Newry's figures come from
Newry's 68th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Newry's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.