Gabbs, NV
Gabbs wildfire risk explained
Gabbs sits at the 53rd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 274 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Gabbs's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 55th percentile nationally.
Gabbs's building exposure, zone by zone
274 buildings are counted in Gabbs, and 87.2% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 12.8% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
How Gabbs compares
Gabbs's 53rd national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 14th ranking inside Nevada does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 39 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Gabbs ranks 14,784 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,399 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nevada alone, it ranks 106 of 123 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nevada on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Gabbs
Gabbs's elevated wildfire rating (53rd percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Gabbs
Because 87.2% of Gabbs'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.
Where Gabbs's figures come from
Gabbs's 53rd-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 Gabbs's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.