Axtell, NE
How exposed is Axtell to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Axtell at the 5th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 478 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Axtell at the 4th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Axtell's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 93.7% of Axtell's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 6.3% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Where Axtell ranks
Axtell's risk sits at a similar level relative to Nebraska (2nd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (5th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Axtell ranks 29,988 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,746 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nebraska alone, it ranks 574 of 583 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nebraska on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Axtell
Axtell's low rating (5th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Axtell's 93.7% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Axtell's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Axtell's 29,988-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Axtell's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.