North Augusta, SC
North Augusta, SC's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, North Augusta lands at the 65th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 10,224 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, North Augusta's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 66th percentile nationally.
North Augusta's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 45.5% of North Augusta's 10,224 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 36.6% Direct and 17.8% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to. At 10,224 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
North Augusta against the rest of the country
North Augusta's 65th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 35th ranking inside South Carolina does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 30 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, North Augusta ranks 11,035 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,571 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 306 of 474 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Carolina on its state page.
North Augusta and the insurance market
North Augusta's high rating (65th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in North Augusta (45.5% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 10,224 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for North Augusta. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond North Augusta, see the exposure-zones guide.