Emmet, NE
How exposed is Emmet to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Emmet at the 66th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 70 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Emmet's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 63rd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
61.4% of Emmet's 70 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 38.6% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Emmet compares
Emmet's risk sits at a similar level relative to Nebraska (60th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (66th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Emmet ranks 10,720 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,285 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nebraska alone, it ranks 233 of 583 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nebraska on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Emmet
At the 66th percentile nationally, Emmet carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Hardening a home in Emmet
Because 61.4% of Emmet's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Emmet's 66th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Emmet, see the exposure-zones guide.