Snelling, SC
Snelling, SC's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Snelling sits at the 73rd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 225 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Snelling's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 73rd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
225 buildings are counted in Snelling, and 86.7% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Snelling against the rest of the country
Snelling's risk sits at a similar level relative to South Carolina (69th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (73rd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Snelling ranks 8,485 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,962 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 149 of 474 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Carolina on its state page.
Snelling and the insurance market
Snelling's high rating (73rd 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Snelling's 86.7% 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 225 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Snelling. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Snelling, see the exposure-zones guide.