Lisco, NE
How exposed is Lisco to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Lisco at the 81st national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 101 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Lisco at the 81st percentile, close to its 81st-percentile risk score.
Lisco's building exposure, zone by zone
85.2% of Lisco's 101 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 14.9% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Lisco ranks
Lisco's risk sits at a similar level relative to Nebraska (89th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (81st) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lisco ranks 5,867 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,004 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nebraska alone, it ranks 67 of 583 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nebraska on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Lisco
Lisco's very high rating (81st percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 85.2% of Lisco'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 Lisco's figures come from
Lisco's 81st-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 Lisco's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.