Pamplico, SC
How exposed is Pamplico to wildfire?
USFS scores Pamplico at the 79th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 618 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Pamplico at the 79th percentile, close to its 79th-percentile risk score.
Where Pamplico's buildings actually sit
618 buildings are counted in Pamplico, and 58.9% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Where Pamplico ranks
There's little gap between Pamplico's 79th national percentile and its 82nd percentile inside South Carolina, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Pamplico ranks 6,502 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,596 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 85 of 474 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Pamplico
At the 79th percentile nationally, Pamplico 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Pamplico's 58.9% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Pamplico's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 618 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Pamplico. The exposure-zones guide covers what Pamplico's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.