Olympia, SC
Olympia wildfire risk explained
Olympia sits at the 53rd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 623 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Olympia at the 54th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Olympia's buildings actually sit
98.6% of Olympia's 623 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 1.4% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where Olympia ranks
Olympia's 53rd national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 7th ranking inside South Carolina does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 46 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Olympia ranks 14,795 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,523 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 442 of 474 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Olympia
At the 53rd national percentile, Olympia rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Olympia's 98.6% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Olympia's figures come from
Olympia's 53rd-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 Olympia's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.