Butte, NE
Butte wildfire risk explained
Butte's 312 buildings earn a 59th-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.)
Separately from the risk score above, Butte's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 53rd percentile nationally.
Where Butte's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 79.5% of Butte's 312 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 20.5% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How Butte compares
There's little gap between Butte's 59th national percentile and its 49th percentile inside Nebraska, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Butte ranks 12,959 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,321 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nebraska alone, it ranks 302 of 583 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nebraska on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Butte
Butte's elevated rating (59th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Butte
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Butte (79.5% 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
Butte's 59th-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 Butte, see the exposure-zones guide.