Crab Orchard, NE
Crab Orchard, NE's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Crab Orchard sits at the 89th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 80 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Crab Orchard's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 84th percentile nationally.
Where Crab Orchard's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 70% of Crab Orchard's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 30% Minimal share — a profile where 56 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Crab Orchard ranks
There's little gap between Crab Orchard's 89th national percentile and its 97th percentile inside Nebraska, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Crab Orchard ranks 3,591 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,887 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nebraska alone, it ranks 20 of 583 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nebraska on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Crab Orchard's 89th-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 Crab Orchard
Because Direct exposure dominates in Crab Orchard (70%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 80 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Crab Orchard. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Crab Orchard, see the exposure-zones guide.