Belgrade, NE
Belgrade, NE's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Belgrade's 146 buildings earn a 47th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average 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 Belgrade at the 41st percentile, close to its 47th-percentile risk score.
Where Belgrade's buildings actually sit
Only 16.4% of Belgrade's 146 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 83.6% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
How Belgrade compares
There's little gap between Belgrade's 47th national percentile and its 32nd percentile inside Nebraska, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Belgrade ranks 16,831 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,031 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nebraska alone, it ranks 396 of 583 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nebraska on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Belgrade
At the 47th national percentile, Belgrade rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 83.6% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Belgrade 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 146 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Belgrade. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Belgrade, see the exposure-zones guide.