Greenville, CA
Greenville, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Greenville at the 98th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 796 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 Greenville at the 99th percentile, close to its 98th-percentile risk score.
Greenville's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Greenville: 57.5% of its 796 buildings, versus 42.5% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Greenville compares
Greenville scores 98th nationally and 85th within California — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Greenville ranks 559 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,673 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 240 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Greenville
Greenville's 98th-percentile score lands in California, the only two states requiring a wildfire disclosure at sale. California's surplus-lines homeowners market passed 300,000 policies for the first time in 2025, driven by carriers pulling back from wildfire-exposed areas statewide. The disclosure-law guide covers what it requires.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 57.5% of Greenville in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Greenville's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Greenville's 559-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Greenville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.