Six Mile, SC
How exposed is Six Mile to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Six Mile at the 72nd national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 463 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Six Mile at the 76th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Six Mile's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 93.5% of Six Mile's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 6.5% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 433 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Six Mile ranks
There's little gap between Six Mile's 72nd national percentile and its 65th 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, Six Mile ranks 8,801 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,018 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 167 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
At the 72nd percentile nationally, Six Mile carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Six Mile (93.5%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Six Mile's 8,801-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Six Mile, see the exposure-zones guide.