Deshler, NE
How exposed is Deshler to wildfire?
USFS scores Deshler at the 36th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 565 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Deshler at the 30th national percentile — 6 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Deshler's building exposure, zone by zone
Only 5.3% of Deshler's 565 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 94.7% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Deshler against the rest of the country
Deshler's 36th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 20th ranking inside Nebraska does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 16 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Deshler ranks 20,232 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,325 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nebraska alone, it ranks 467 of 583 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nebraska on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Deshler
At the 36th national percentile, Deshler rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Even with 94.7% of Deshler 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 Deshler's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 565 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Deshler. The exposure-zones guide covers what Deshler's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.