Center, NE
Center, NE's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Center at the 90th national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 88 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Center's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 88th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
88 buildings are counted in Center, and 75% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 25% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Center against the rest of the country
Center's risk sits at a similar level relative to Nebraska (98th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (90th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Center ranks 3,187 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,582 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nebraska alone, it ranks 14 of 583 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nebraska on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Center
Center's 90th-percentile, very high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Hardening a home in Center
Because 75% of Center's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Center's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Center's 3,187-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Center's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.