Marquette, NE
Marquette wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Marquette lands at the 16th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 192 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 Marquette at the 13th percentile, close to its 16th-percentile risk score.
Where Marquette's buildings actually sit
Most of Marquette's buildings (77.1% of 192) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Marquette against the rest of the country
Marquette's risk sits at a similar level relative to Nebraska (7th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (16th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Marquette ranks 26,406 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,169 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nebraska alone, it ranks 540 of 583 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nebraska on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Marquette
At the 16th national percentile, Marquette rates low 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 Marquette
Marquette's 77.1% 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 Marquette's figures come from
Marquette's 16th-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 Marquette's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.