Cornlea, NE
How exposed is Cornlea to wildfire?
Cornlea sits at the 15th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 41 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Cornlea at the 12th national percentile — 3 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Cornlea's buildings (87.8% of 41) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Cornlea against the rest of the country
Cornlea's risk sits at a similar level relative to Nebraska (7th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (15th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Cornlea ranks 26,727 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 31,145 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nebraska alone, it ranks 542 of 583 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nebraska on its state page.
Cornlea and the insurance market
Cornlea's low rating (15th 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 Cornlea
With 87.8% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Cornlea gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Cornlea's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Cornlea's 26,727-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Cornlea's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.