Creston, NE
Creston, NE's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Creston's 177 buildings earn a 55th-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.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Creston at the 45th percentile, lower than its 55th-percentile risk score, because so much is actually built here.
Creston's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 76.3% of Creston's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 23.7% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
How Creston compares
Creston scores 55th nationally and 42nd within Nebraska — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Creston ranks 14,120 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,757 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nebraska alone, it ranks 334 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
At the 55th national percentile, Creston 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
Even with 76.3% of Creston outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Creston's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 177 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Creston. The exposure-zones guide covers what Creston's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.