Willington, SC
Willington, SC's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Willington at the 71st national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 125 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Willington at the 74th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Willington's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Willington: 100% of its 125 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Willington against the rest of the country
Willington's risk sits at a similar level relative to South Carolina (62nd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (71st) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Willington ranks 9,153 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,959 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 184 of 474 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Willington
At the 71st percentile nationally, Willington 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.
Hardening a home in Willington
Willington's 100% 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Willington's 9,153-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Willington, see the exposure-zones guide.