Long Pine, NE
Long Pine, NE's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Long Pine sits at the 65th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 384 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Long Pine's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 62nd percentile nationally.
Long Pine's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Long Pine's buildings (70.8%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Long Pine against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Long Pine's 65th national percentile and its 57th percentile inside Nebraska, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Long Pine ranks 11,164 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,548 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nebraska alone, it ranks 250 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 65th percentile nationally, Long Pine carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 70.8% of Long Pine'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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Long Pine's 11,164-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Long Pine, see the exposure-zones guide.