Red Hill, SC
Red Hill wildfire risk explained
Red Hill 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 6,630 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Red Hill's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 67th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Red Hill's buildings (57.7%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone. At 6,630 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How Red Hill compares
Red Hill scores 70th nationally and 59th 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, Red Hill ranks 9,431 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,610 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 195 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
Red Hill's high rating (70th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Red Hill's 57.7% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Red Hill's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 6,630 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Red Hill. The exposure-zones guide covers what Red Hill's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.