Bowling Green, FL
Bowling Green, FL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Bowling Green at the 94th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 1,116 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Bowling Green at the 95th percentile, close to its 94th-percentile risk score.
Bowling Green's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Bowling Green (55.2% of 1,116 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 44.8% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Bowling Green ranks
There's little gap between Bowling Green's 94th national percentile and its 90th percentile inside Florida, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bowling Green ranks 1,852 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,172 by building count (1 is largest). Within Florida alone, it ranks 96 of 955 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Florida on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Bowling Green's very high rating (94th 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 Bowling Green
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Bowling Green (55.2% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Bowling Green's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Bowling Green's 1,852-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Bowling Green's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.