Dodge, NE
Dodge, NE's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Dodge sits at the 39th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 424 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Dodge's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 36th percentile nationally.
Where Dodge's buildings actually sit
Most of Dodge's buildings (95.8% of 424) 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.
Dodge against the rest of the country
Inside Nebraska, Dodge sits at just the 23rd percentile even though it scores 39th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Dodge ranks 19,190 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,763 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nebraska alone, it ranks 450 of 583 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nebraska on its state page.
Dodge and the insurance market
At the 39th national percentile, Dodge rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Dodge
Dodge's 95.8% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Dodge's 19,190-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Dodge, see the exposure-zones guide.