Woodford, SC
Woodford wildfire risk explained
Woodford's 174 buildings earn a 70th-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.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Woodford at the 69th percentile, close to its 70th-percentile risk score.
Woodford's building exposure, zone by zone
52.9% of Woodford's 174 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 92 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 47.1% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Woodford against the rest of the country
Woodford scores 70th nationally and 57th within South Carolina — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Woodford ranks 9,558 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,869 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 204 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
Woodford's high rating (70th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 52.9% of Woodford in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Woodford's 70th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Woodford, see the exposure-zones guide.