Wilkinson Heights, SC
Wilkinson Heights, SC's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Wilkinson Heights's 1,313 buildings earn a 62nd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Wilkinson Heights's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 61st percentile nationally.
Where Wilkinson Heights's buildings actually sit
Most of Wilkinson Heights's buildings (58.4%) 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.
How Wilkinson Heights compares
Wilkinson Heights'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, Wilkinson Heights ranks 12,076 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,008 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 361 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
At the 62nd percentile nationally, Wilkinson Heights carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
What would actually reduce this score
Wilkinson Heights's 58.4% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Wilkinson Heights's 62nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Wilkinson Heights, see the exposure-zones guide.