Battle Creek, NE
Battle Creek, NE's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Battle Creek's 729 buildings earn a 66th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Battle Creek at the 57th percentile, close to its 66th-percentile risk score.
Battle Creek's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Battle Creek's buildings (84.2% of 729) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
How Battle Creek compares
Battle Creek's risk sits at a similar level relative to Nebraska (61st percentile statewide) as it does nationally (66th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Battle Creek ranks 10,658 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,351 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nebraska alone, it ranks 227 of 583 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nebraska on its state page.
Battle Creek and the insurance market
At the 66th percentile nationally, Battle Creek 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.
Hardening a home in Battle Creek
With 84.2% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Battle Creek gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 729 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Battle Creek. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Battle Creek, see the exposure-zones guide.