North Hartsville, SC
How exposed is North Hartsville to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, North Hartsville lands at the 74th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 1,937 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts North Hartsville at the 73rd percentile, close to its 74th-percentile risk score.
Where North Hartsville's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in North Hartsville: 55.1% of its 1,937 buildings, versus 44.9% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
North Hartsville against the rest of the country
North Hartsville scores 74th nationally and 72nd within South Carolina — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, North Hartsville ranks 8,136 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,653 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 135 of 474 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Carolina on its state page.
North Hartsville and the insurance market
At the 74th percentile nationally, North Hartsville 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.
Hardening a home in North Hartsville
With 55.1% of North Hartsville in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where North Hartsville's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,937 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for North Hartsville. The exposure-zones guide covers what North Hartsville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.