Brule, NE
Brule wildfire risk explained
Brule's 319 buildings earn a 62nd-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 Brule at the 62nd percentile, close to its 62nd-percentile risk score.
Brule's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 91.5% of Brule's 319 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 3.1% Direct and 5.3% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Brule against the rest of the country
Brule scores 62nd 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, Brule ranks 11,878 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,122 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nebraska alone, it ranks 265 of 583 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nebraska on its state page.
Brule and the insurance market
Brule's high rating (62nd percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Brule
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Brule (91.5% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Brule's 62nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Brule, see the exposure-zones guide.