Silverstreet, SC
Silverstreet wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Silverstreet lands at the 66th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 154 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Silverstreet at the 68th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Silverstreet's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Silverstreet: 79.9% of its 154 buildings, versus 20.1% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Silverstreet compares
Inside South Carolina, Silverstreet sits at just the 38th 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, Silverstreet ranks 10,823 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,725 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 293 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
Silverstreet'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
With 79.9% of Silverstreet 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.
Where Silverstreet's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Silverstreet's 10,823-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Silverstreet's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.