Society Hill, SC
How exposed is Society Hill to wildfire?
USFS scores Society Hill at the 80th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 381 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Society Hill at the 82nd percentile, close to its 80th-percentile risk score.
Where Society Hill's buildings actually sit
381 buildings are counted in Society Hill, and 100% 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.
Where Society Hill ranks
Society Hill scores 80th nationally and 83rd within South Carolina — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Society Hill ranks 6,407 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,634 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 81 of 474 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Society Hill
Society Hill's high rating (80th 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
Society Hill's 100% 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 381 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Society Hill. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Society Hill, see the exposure-zones guide.