Wallace, SC
Wallace wildfire risk explained
Wallace's 654 buildings earn a 82nd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Wallace's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 84th percentile nationally.
Wallace's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Wallace's 654 counted buildings, 82.4% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Wallace compares
Wallace's risk sits at a similar level relative to South Carolina (89th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (82nd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Wallace ranks 5,587 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,157 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 51 of 474 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Carolina on its state page.
Wallace and the insurance market
Wallace's very high rating (82nd 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
Because Direct exposure dominates in Wallace (82.4%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Wallace's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 654 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Wallace. The exposure-zones guide covers what Wallace's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.