Nellis AFB, NV
How exposed is Nellis AFB to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Nellis AFB at the 28th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 1,167 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Nellis AFB at the 31st national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Nellis AFB's buildings actually sit
Only 4.2% of Nellis AFB's 1,167 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 95.8% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Nellis AFB against the rest of the country
Nellis AFB ranks lower within Nevada (4th percentile statewide) than its 28th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Nellis AFB ranks 22,540 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,855 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nevada alone, it ranks 118 of 123 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nevada on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Nellis AFB
Nellis AFB's moderate rating (28th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Nellis AFB
Even with 95.8% of Nellis AFB outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,167 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Nellis AFB. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Nellis AFB, see the exposure-zones guide.