Deweese, NE
Deweese, NE's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Deweese's 93 buildings earn a 61st-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm 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 Deweese at the 56th percentile, close to its 61st-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
76.3% of Deweese's 93 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 23.7% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Deweese ranks
Deweese's risk sits at a similar level relative to Nebraska (52nd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (61st) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Deweese ranks 12,359 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,363 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nebraska alone, it ranks 280 of 583 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nebraska on its state page.
Deweese and the insurance market
Deweese's high rating (61st percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Deweese's 76.3% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Deweese's figures come from
Deweese's 61st-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Deweese's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.