Leigh, NE
Leigh wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Leigh at the 54th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 364 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Leigh at the 46th national percentile — 8 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Only 21.4% of Leigh's 364 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 78.6% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Leigh against the rest of the country
Leigh's risk sits at a similar level relative to Nebraska (40th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (54th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Leigh ranks 14,631 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,980 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nebraska alone, it ranks 348 of 583 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nebraska on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Leigh
At the 54th national percentile, Leigh rates elevated 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 Leigh
Leigh's 78.6% 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 Leigh's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 364 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Leigh. The exposure-zones guide covers what Leigh's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.