Bellevue, NE
Bellevue, NE's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Bellevue sits at the 63rd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 23,342 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Bellevue's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 62nd percentile nationally.
Bellevue's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 68.9% of Bellevue's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 9.6% Direct and 21.4% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one. At 23,342 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How Bellevue compares
Bellevue scores 63rd nationally and 55th 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, Bellevue ranks 11,603 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 557 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nebraska alone, it ranks 260 of 583 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nebraska on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Bellevue
At the 63rd percentile nationally, Bellevue 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 Bellevue
Bellevue's 68.9% 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 Bellevue's figures come from
Bellevue's 63rd-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 Bellevue's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.