Startex, SC
How exposed is Startex to wildfire?
Startex sits at the 53rd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 477 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Startex at the 56th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Startex's 477 counted buildings, 60.4% carry Direct exposure and only 28.3% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Startex against the rest of the country
Inside South Carolina, Startex sits at just the 8th percentile even though it scores 53rd 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, Startex ranks 14,732 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,769 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 437 of 474 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Startex
At the 53rd national percentile, Startex rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
With 60.4% of Startex 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
Startex's 53rd-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 Startex, see the exposure-zones guide.