Whitney, SC
Whitney wildfire risk explained
Whitney's 2,106 buildings earn a 53rd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Whitney at the 57th percentile, close to its 53rd-percentile risk score.
Where Whitney's buildings actually sit
Only 42.6% of Whitney's 2,106 buildings carry Direct exposure and 7.9% carry Indirect; the remaining 49.5% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Whitney against the rest of the country
Whitney ranks lower within South Carolina (8th percentile statewide) than its 53rd national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Whitney ranks 14,700 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,176 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 435 of 474 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Whitney
Whitney's elevated rating (53rd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 49.5% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Whitney gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,106 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Whitney. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Whitney, see the exposure-zones guide.