Benedict, NE
How exposed is Benedict to wildfire?
Benedict's 182 buildings earn a 5th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Benedict at the 5th percentile, close to its 5th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 85.7% of Benedict's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 14.3% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
How Benedict compares
Benedict's risk sits at a similar level relative to Nebraska (2nd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (5th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Benedict ranks 29,887 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,547 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nebraska alone, it ranks 569 of 583 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nebraska on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Benedict
At the 5th national percentile, Benedict rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Even with 85.7% of Benedict outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Benedict's figures come from
Benedict's 5th-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 Benedict's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.