Beaver Crossing, NE
Beaver Crossing wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Beaver Crossing at the 48th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 354 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Beaver Crossing's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 41st percentile nationally.
Where Beaver Crossing's buildings actually sit
70.6% of Beaver Crossing's 354 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 29.4% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where Beaver Crossing ranks
Beaver Crossing scores 48th nationally and 34th 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, Beaver Crossing ranks 16,421 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,218 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nebraska alone, it ranks 386 of 583 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nebraska on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Beaver Crossing
Beaver Crossing's elevated rating (48th 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
Beaver Crossing's 70.6% 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 Beaver Crossing's figures come from
Beaver Crossing's 48th-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 Beaver Crossing's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.