Bartlett, NE
Bartlett wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Bartlett at the 69th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 117 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Bartlett at the 64th national percentile — 5 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
80.3% of Bartlett's 117 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 19.7% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Bartlett ranks
Bartlett's risk sits at a similar level relative to Nebraska (67th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (69th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bartlett ranks 9,775 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,317 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nebraska alone, it ranks 195 of 583 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nebraska on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Bartlett's high rating (69th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 80.3% of Bartlett's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Bartlett's figures come from
Bartlett's 69th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Bartlett's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.