Nehawka, NE
Nehawka wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Nehawka lands at the 48th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 155 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Nehawka's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 47th percentile nationally.
Nehawka's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 81.9% of Nehawka's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 18.1% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Nehawka against the rest of the country
Nehawka scores 48th nationally and 35th within Nebraska — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Nehawka ranks 16,356 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,666 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nebraska alone, it ranks 382 of 583 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nebraska on its state page.
Nehawka and the insurance market
Nehawka's elevated wildfire rating (48th 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.
Hardening a home in Nehawka
Nehawka's 81.9% 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 Nehawka's figures come from
Nehawka's 48th-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 Nehawka's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.