White Knoll, SC
White Knoll, SC's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
White Knoll sits at the 66th 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 3,343 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts White Knoll at the 64th percentile, close to its 66th-percentile risk score.
White Knoll's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of White Knoll's buildings (58.2%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Where White Knoll ranks
Inside South Carolina, White Knoll sits at just the 39th percentile even though it scores 66th 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, White Knoll ranks 10,824 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,990 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 294 of 474 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Carolina on its state page.
White Knoll and the insurance market
White Knoll's high rating (66th 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 58.2% of White Knoll's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where White Knoll's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 3,343 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for White Knoll. The exposure-zones guide covers what White Knoll's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.