Green River, WY
Green River wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Green River at the 59th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 5,455 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Green River at the 53rd national percentile — 6 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
96.8% of Green River's 5,455 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 3.2% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone. At 5,455 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Green River against the rest of the country
Green River's 59th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 15th ranking inside Wyoming does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 44 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Green River ranks 13,002 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,166 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wyoming alone, it ranks 162 of 192 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wyoming on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Green River
At the 59th national percentile, Green River rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Green River
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Green River (96.8% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 5,455 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Green River. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Green River, see the exposure-zones guide.