Farwell, NE
How exposed is Farwell to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Farwell lands at the 13th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 134 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Farwell at the 8th percentile, close to its 13th-percentile risk score.
Where Farwell's buildings actually sit
Most of Farwell's buildings (94% of 134) 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.
How Farwell compares
Farwell's risk sits at a similar level relative to Nebraska (6th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (13th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Farwell ranks 27,326 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,550 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nebraska alone, it ranks 549 of 583 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nebraska on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Farwell
At the 13th national percentile, Farwell rates low 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
With 94% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Farwell gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
Farwell's 13th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Farwell, see the exposure-zones guide.