Greenville, RI
Greenville wildfire risk explained
Greenville sits at the 24th 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 3,351 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (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 21st percentile, close to its 24th-percentile risk score.
Greenville's building exposure, zone by zone
3,351 buildings are counted in Greenville, and 68.9% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 24.5% in Direct exposure or the 6.5% rated Minimal.
How Greenville compares
Greenville's 71st-percentile standing inside Rhode Island outpaces its 24th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Greenville ranks 23,902 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,981 by building count (1 is largest). Within Rhode Island alone, it ranks 11 of 36 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Rhode Island on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Greenville
At the 24th national percentile, Greenville rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Greenville (68.9% 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 3,351 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Greenville. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Greenville, see the exposure-zones guide.