Greenfield, WI
How exposed is Greenfield to wildfire?
Greenfield sits at the 23rd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 13,679 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Greenfield's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 26th percentile nationally.
Where Greenfield's buildings actually sit
90.5% of Greenfield's 13,679 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 9.5% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself. At 13,679 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How Greenfield compares
Within Wisconsin, Greenfield ranks higher (40th percentile) than it does nationally (23rd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Greenfield ranks 24,410 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,110 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 484 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Greenfield
Greenfield's moderate wildfire rating (23rd percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Greenfield's 90.5% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Greenfield's figures come from
Greenfield's 23rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Greenfield's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.