Greeley Center, NE
Greeley Center, NE's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Greeley Center at the 58th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 365 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Greeley Center at the 52nd percentile, close to its 58th-percentile risk score.
Where Greeley Center's buildings actually sit
Most of Greeley Center's buildings (84.7%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Greeley Center against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Greeley Center's 58th national percentile and its 47th percentile inside Nebraska, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Greeley Center ranks 13,148 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,964 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nebraska alone, it ranks 311 of 583 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nebraska on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Greeley Center
At the 58th national percentile, Greeley Center rates elevated 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
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Greeley Center (84.7% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Greeley Center's figures come from
Greeley Center's 58th-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 Greeley Center's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.