Greenville, IA
Greenville wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Greenville at the 8th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 88 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Greenville at the 7th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Greenville's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 68.2% of Greenville's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 31.8% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Greenville against the rest of the country
Greenville scores 8th nationally and 17th within Iowa — 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 28,932 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,572 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 847 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Greenville's low rating (8th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 68.2% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Greenville gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Greenville's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 88 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Greenville. The exposure-zones guide covers what Greenville's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.