Russellville, SC
Russellville, SC's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Russellville sits at the 88th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 308 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Russellville at the 89th percentile, close to its 88th-percentile risk score.
Where Russellville's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 88.6% of Russellville's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 11.4% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 273 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Russellville against the rest of the country
Russellville's risk sits at a similar level relative to South Carolina (95th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (88th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Russellville ranks 3,663 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,428 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 26 of 474 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Carolina on its state page.
Russellville and the insurance market
Russellville's 88th-percentile, very 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
Russellville's 88.6% 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 Russellville's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 308 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Russellville. The exposure-zones guide covers what Russellville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.