St. Augustine South, FL
St. Augustine South wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, St. Augustine South lands at the 77th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 2,334 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, St. Augustine South's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 68th percentile nationally.
St. Augustine South's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of St. Augustine South's buildings (74.6%) 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 St. Augustine South compares
Inside Florida, St. Augustine South sits at just the 41st percentile even though it scores 77th 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, St. Augustine South ranks 7,181 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,634 by building count (1 is largest). Within Florida alone, it ranks 562 of 955 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Florida on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in St. Augustine South
St. Augustine South's high rating (77th 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.
Hardening a home in St. Augustine South
St. Augustine South's 74.6% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,334 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for St. Augustine South. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond St. Augustine South, see the exposure-zones guide.