Scranton, SC
Scranton wildfire risk explained
Scranton's 424 buildings earn a 81st-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Scranton's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 80th percentile nationally.
Where Scranton's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Scranton: 54.7% of its 424 buildings, versus 45.3% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Scranton against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Scranton's 81st national percentile and its 87th 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, Scranton ranks 6,060 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,767 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 65 of 474 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Scranton
Scranton's very high rating (81st 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.
Hardening a home in Scranton
Scranton's 54.7% 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 Scranton's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Scranton's 6,060-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Scranton's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.