Hendley, NE
How exposed is Hendley to wildfire?
Hendley's 57 buildings earn a 37th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Hendley at the 34th percentile, close to its 37th-percentile risk score.
Hendley's building exposure, zone by zone
57 buildings are counted in Hendley, and 61.4% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 38.6% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Hendley against the rest of the country
Hendley's 37th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 21st ranking inside Nebraska does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 16 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hendley ranks 19,886 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,746 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nebraska alone, it ranks 463 of 583 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nebraska on its state page.
Hendley and the insurance market
At the 37th national percentile, Hendley rates moderate 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
Because 61.4% of Hendley'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 Hendley's figures come from
Hendley's 37th-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 Hendley's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.