Pine Ridge (Darlington), SC
How exposed is Pine Ridge (Darlington) to wildfire?
Pine Ridge (Darlington) sits at the 78th 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 583 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Pine Ridge (Darlington) at the 78th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Pine Ridge (Darlington)'s buildings actually sit
583 buildings are counted in Pine Ridge (Darlington), and 72.7% 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.
How Pine Ridge (Darlington) compares
Pine Ridge (Darlington) scores 78th nationally and 78th 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, Pine Ridge (Darlington) ranks 7,094 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,066 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 104 of 474 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Carolina on its state page.
Pine Ridge (Darlington) and the insurance market
Pine Ridge (Darlington)'s 78th-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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Pine Ridge (Darlington) (72.7%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Pine Ridge (Darlington)'s 78th-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 Pine Ridge (Darlington), see the exposure-zones guide.