Seven Oaks, SC
Seven Oaks wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Seven Oaks at the 61st national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 5,751 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Seven Oaks's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 64th percentile nationally.
Where Seven Oaks's buildings actually sit
5,751 buildings are counted in Seven Oaks, and 51.6% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 39% in Direct exposure or the 9.3% rated Minimal. At 5,751 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Seven Oaks against the rest of the country
Seven Oaks's 61st national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 22nd ranking inside South Carolina does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 39 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Seven Oaks ranks 12,273 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,005 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 371 of 474 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Seven Oaks
Seven Oaks's high rating (61st 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 Seven Oaks
Seven Oaks's 51.6% 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 Seven Oaks's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Seven Oaks's 12,273-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Seven Oaks's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.