Exeter, NE
How exposed is Exeter to wildfire?
Exeter sits at the 25th 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 513 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Exeter at the 20th national percentile — 4 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Exeter's buildings actually sit
86.4% of Exeter's 513 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 13.7% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Exeter against the rest of the country
Exeter scores 25th nationally and 12th 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, Exeter ranks 23,799 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,132 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nebraska alone, it ranks 511 of 583 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nebraska on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Exeter
At the 25th national percentile, Exeter rates moderate 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 86.4% of Exeter 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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Exeter's 23,799-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Exeter, see the exposure-zones guide.