Star, NC
How exposed is Star to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Star at the 55th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 468 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Star's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 58th percentile nationally.
Star's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Star's 468 counted buildings, 70.7% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Star ranks
There's little gap between Star's 55th national percentile and its 53rd percentile inside North Carolina, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Star ranks 14,098 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,923 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 369 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Star
Star's elevated rating (55th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Star's 70.7% 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.
Where Star's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Star's 14,098-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Star's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.