Gresham, NE
Gresham wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Gresham lands at the 11th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 215 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 Gresham at the 9th percentile, close to its 11th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
79.5% of Gresham's 215 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 20.5% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Gresham against the rest of the country
Gresham scores 11th nationally and 5th 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, Gresham ranks 28,088 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,314 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nebraska alone, it ranks 554 of 583 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nebraska on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Gresham
Gresham's low wildfire rating (11th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Gresham's 79.5% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Gresham's figures come from
Gresham's 11th-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 Gresham's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.