Burwell, NE
Burwell wildfire risk explained
Burwell's 937 buildings earn a 60th-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 Burwell at the 54th national percentile — 6 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Burwell's building exposure, zone by zone
Burwell rates 57.5% Minimal exposure against just 5.4% Direct and 37% Indirect — of 937 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
How Burwell compares
Burwell's risk sits at a similar level relative to Nebraska (51st percentile statewide) as it does nationally (60th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Burwell ranks 12,612 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,413 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nebraska alone, it ranks 286 of 583 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nebraska on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Burwell
At the 60th national percentile, Burwell rates elevated 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
Burwell's 57.5% 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 Burwell's figures come from
Burwell's 60th-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 Burwell's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.