Ware Place, SC
Ware Place wildfire risk explained
Ware Place sits at the 62nd 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 241 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Ware Place's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 65th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 88.4% of Ware Place's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 11.6% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 213 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Ware Place compares
Ware Place's 62nd national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 24th ranking inside South Carolina does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 38 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Ware Place ranks 12,075 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,444 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 360 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
Ware Place's high rating (62nd 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.
Hardening a home in Ware Place
Ware Place's 88.4% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 241 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Ware Place. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Ware Place, see the exposure-zones guide.