Anoka, NE
Anoka wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Anoka at the 79th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 17 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Anoka's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 72nd percentile nationally.
Where Anoka's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 100% of Anoka's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 17 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most. This is a small settlement by building count — 17 total — so these shares describe a handful of structures, not a statistical average across thousands.
Where Anoka ranks
Anoka scores 79th nationally and 85th within Nebraska — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Anoka ranks 6,525 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 31,478 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nebraska alone, it ranks 86 of 583 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nebraska on its state page.
Anoka and the insurance market
At the 79th percentile nationally, Anoka carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Anoka (100%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Anoka's 6,525-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. At 17 buildings, Anoka is close to the size where USFS's data gets thin — the data-quality guide explains why 517 places nationally get no score at all.