Tradesville, SC
How exposed is Tradesville to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Tradesville at the 52nd national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 210 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Tradesville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 55th percentile nationally.
Tradesville's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 99.5% of Tradesville's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0.5% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 209 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Tradesville against the rest of the country
Inside South Carolina, Tradesville sits at just the 6th percentile even though it scores 52nd 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, Tradesville ranks 15,013 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,498 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 448 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
Tradesville's elevated rating (52nd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 99.5% of Tradesville in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Tradesville's 52nd-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 Tradesville, see the exposure-zones guide.