Quinby, SC
How exposed is Quinby to wildfire?
USFS scores Quinby at the 76th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 376 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Quinby's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 77th percentile nationally.
Where Quinby's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Quinby: 93.1% of its 376 buildings, versus 6.9% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Quinby compares
There's little gap between Quinby's 76th national percentile and its 76th 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, Quinby ranks 7,507 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,750 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 114 of 474 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Carolina on its state page.
Quinby and the insurance market
At the 76th percentile nationally, Quinby 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.
Hardening a home in Quinby
Quinby's 93.1% 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 Quinby's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Quinby's 7,507-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Quinby's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.