Green Castle, MO
Green Castle wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Green Castle lands at the 68th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 190 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Green Castle at the 70th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Green Castle's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Green Castle: 50% of its 190 buildings, versus 50% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Green Castle against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Green Castle's 68th national percentile and its 78th percentile inside Missouri, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Green Castle ranks 9,960 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,250 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 230 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Green Castle and the insurance market
Green Castle's high rating (68th 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
Because Direct exposure dominates in Green Castle (50%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Green Castle's 68th-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 Green Castle, see the exposure-zones guide.