Hildreth, NE
How exposed is Hildreth to wildfire?
USFS scores Hildreth at the 5th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 324 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Hildreth's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 4th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Only 8.3% of Hildreth's 324 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 91.7% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Where Hildreth ranks
There's little gap between Hildreth's 5th national percentile and its 2nd percentile inside Nebraska, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hildreth ranks 29,953 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,986 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nebraska alone, it ranks 573 of 583 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nebraska on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 5th national percentile, Hildreth rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Hildreth
Hildreth's 91.7% 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 Hildreth's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Hildreth's 29,953-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Hildreth's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.