Pageland, SC
Pageland wildfire risk explained
Pageland sits at the 58th 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 1,478 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Pageland at the 60th percentile, close to its 58th-percentile risk score.
Where Pageland's buildings actually sit
Most of Pageland's buildings (57.7%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
How Pageland compares
Inside South Carolina, Pageland sits at just the 14th percentile even though it scores 58th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Pageland ranks 13,312 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,267 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 407 of 474 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Pageland
At the 58th national percentile, Pageland rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Pageland (57.7% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Pageland's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Pageland's 13,312-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Pageland's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.