Huntley, NE
Huntley wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Huntley at the 42nd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 70 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Huntley's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 39th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Huntley's 70 counted buildings, 52.9% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Huntley ranks
Inside Nebraska, Huntley sits at just the 26th percentile even though it scores 42nd nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Huntley ranks 18,248 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,286 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nebraska alone, it ranks 432 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
Huntley's elevated wildfire rating (42nd 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.
Hardening a home in Huntley
Huntley's 52.9% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Huntley's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Huntley's 18,248-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Huntley's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.