Trenton, SC
Trenton, SC's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Trenton at the 66th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 181 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Trenton at the 67th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Trenton's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Trenton: 84.5% of its 181 buildings, versus 15.5% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Trenton compares
Trenton's 66th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 40th ranking inside South Carolina does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 26 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Trenton ranks 10,694 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,598 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 284 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
Trenton's 66th-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
What would actually reduce this score
With 84.5% of Trenton 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.
Where Trenton's figures come from
Trenton's 66th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Trenton's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.