Lyons, NE
Lyons wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Lyons lands at the 55th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 738 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Lyons at the 51st percentile, close to its 55th-percentile risk score.
Lyons's building exposure, zone by zone
91.9% of Lyons's 738 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 8.1% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
How Lyons compares
There's little gap between Lyons's 55th national percentile and its 42nd percentile inside Nebraska, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lyons ranks 14,153 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,240 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nebraska alone, it ranks 337 of 583 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nebraska on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Lyons
At the 55th national percentile, Lyons rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 91.9% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Lyons gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Lyons's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Lyons's 14,153-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Lyons's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.