Gothenburg, NE
How exposed is Gothenburg to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Gothenburg at the 52nd national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 2,487 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Gothenburg's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 47th percentile nationally.
Gothenburg's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 95.3% of Gothenburg's 2,487 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 2.7% Direct and 2% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How Gothenburg compares
Gothenburg scores 52nd nationally and 39th 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, Gothenburg ranks 15,003 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,324 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nebraska alone, it ranks 354 of 583 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nebraska on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Gothenburg
Gothenburg's elevated rating (52nd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Gothenburg's 95.3% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,487 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Gothenburg. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Gothenburg, see the exposure-zones guide.