Springfield, SC
How exposed is Springfield to wildfire?
Springfield sits at the 64th 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 450 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Springfield at the 65th percentile, close to its 64th-percentile risk score.
Where Springfield's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Springfield: 54.4% of its 450 buildings, versus 45.6% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Springfield ranks
Inside South Carolina, Springfield sits at just the 32nd percentile even though it scores 64th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Springfield ranks 11,256 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,282 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 324 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
Springfield's high rating (64th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Springfield's 54.4% 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
Springfield's 64th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Springfield, see the exposure-zones guide.