Maywood, NE
Maywood, NE's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Maywood sits at the 58th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 273 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Maywood's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 57th percentile nationally.
Where Maywood's buildings actually sit
67.8% of Maywood's 273 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 32.2% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Maywood ranks
There's little gap between Maywood's 58th national percentile and its 46th percentile inside Nebraska, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Maywood ranks 13,367 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,423 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nebraska alone, it ranks 314 of 583 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nebraska on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Maywood
Maywood's elevated wildfire rating (58th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 67.8% of Maywood'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
Maywood's 58th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Maywood, see the exposure-zones guide.