Bruno, NE
How exposed is Bruno to wildfire?
Bruno's 131 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.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Bruno at the 41st national percentile — 7 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Bruno's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 84% of Bruno's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 16% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Bruno against the rest of the country
Bruno scores 47th nationally and 33rd 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, Bruno ranks 16,674 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,676 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nebraska alone, it ranks 392 of 583 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nebraska on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Bruno
Bruno's elevated rating (47th 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
With 84% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Bruno 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 131 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Bruno. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Bruno, see the exposure-zones guide.