Unity, SC
How exposed is Unity to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Unity lands at the 45th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 247 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Unity at the 48th percentile, close to its 45th-percentile risk score.
Unity's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Unity: 100% of its 247 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Unity compares
Inside South Carolina, Unity sits at just the 0th percentile even though it scores 45th 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, Unity ranks 17,220 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,250 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 473 of 474 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Carolina on its state page.
Unity and the insurance market
Unity's elevated wildfire rating (45th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Unity (100%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Unity's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Unity's 17,220-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Unity's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.