Halsey, NE
How exposed is Halsey to wildfire?
Halsey sits at the 84th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 104 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Halsey's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 83rd percentile nationally.
Where Halsey's buildings actually sit
56.7% of Halsey's 104 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 59 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 43.3% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How Halsey compares
Halsey scores 84th nationally and 92nd 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, Halsey ranks 5,113 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,854 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nebraska alone, it ranks 50 of 583 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nebraska on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Halsey
Halsey's very high rating (84th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
What would actually reduce this score
With 56.7% of Halsey in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Halsey's 84th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Halsey, see the exposure-zones guide.