Perry, SC
Perry, SC's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Perry sits at the 70th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 158 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 Perry at the 69th percentile, close to its 70th-percentile risk score.
Perry's building exposure, zone by zone
84.2% of Perry's 158 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 133 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 15.8% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Perry ranks
Perry's risk sits at a similar level relative to South Carolina (56th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (70th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Perry ranks 9,620 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,548 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 207 of 474 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Carolina on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Perry's 70th-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 84.2% of Perry 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.
More on how this number was built
Perry's 70th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Perry, see the exposure-zones guide.