Hyannis, NE
How exposed is Hyannis to wildfire?
Hyannis sits at the 82nd 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 257 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Hyannis at the 79th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Hyannis's building exposure, zone by zone
257 buildings are counted in Hyannis, and 55.3% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 44.8% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Hyannis against the rest of the country
Hyannis scores 82nd nationally and 89th 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, Hyannis ranks 5,798 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,918 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nebraska alone, it ranks 63 of 583 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nebraska on its state page.
Hyannis and the insurance market
Hyannis's 82nd-percentile, very high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Hyannis's 55.3% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Hyannis's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 257 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Hyannis. The exposure-zones guide covers what Hyannis's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.