Pinewood, SC
How exposed is Pinewood to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Pinewood lands at the 78th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 371 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Pinewood at the 77th percentile, close to its 78th-percentile risk score.
Pinewood's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 72.2% of Pinewood's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 27.8% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 268 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Pinewood ranks
There's little gap between Pinewood's 78th national percentile and its 79th 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, Pinewood ranks 7,032 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,847 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 102 of 474 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Carolina on its state page.
Pinewood and the insurance market
At the 78th percentile nationally, Pinewood 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 72.2% of Pinewood 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
Pinewood'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 Pinewood, see the exposure-zones guide.