Rowesville, SC
How exposed is Rowesville to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Rowesville lands at the 63rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 220 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Rowesville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 63rd percentile nationally.
Rowesville's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 78.2% of Rowesville's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 21.8% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 172 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Rowesville against the rest of the country
Rowesville ranks lower within South Carolina (28th percentile statewide) than its 63rd national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rowesville ranks 11,674 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,136 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 340 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
Rowesville's 63rd-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
Rowesville's 78.2% 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 Rowesville's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Rowesville's 11,674-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Rowesville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.