Green Ridge, MO
Green Ridge, MO's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Green Ridge at the 47th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 280 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Green Ridge at the 47th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Green Ridge's building exposure, zone by zone
Green Ridge rates 82.1% Minimal exposure against just 17.9% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 280 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Where Green Ridge ranks
Green Ridge ranks lower within Missouri (26th percentile statewide) than its 47th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Green Ridge ranks 16,862 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,191 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 785 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Green Ridge and the insurance market
Green Ridge's elevated rating (47th 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
Even with 82.1% of Green Ridge outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 280 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Green Ridge. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Green Ridge, see the exposure-zones guide.