Aurora, NE
Aurora wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Aurora lands at the 14th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 2,599 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Aurora at the 10th national percentile — 4 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Aurora rates 92.6% Minimal exposure against just 7.4% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 2,599 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Aurora against the rest of the country
Aurora scores 14th nationally and 7th 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, Aurora ranks 27,139 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,100 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nebraska alone, it ranks 545 of 583 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nebraska on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Aurora
Aurora's low rating (14th 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
Even with 92.6% of Aurora outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Aurora's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,599 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Aurora. The exposure-zones guide covers what Aurora's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.