Newcastle, NE
How exposed is Newcastle to wildfire?
Newcastle's 235 buildings earn a 76th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Newcastle at the 67th national percentile — 8 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Newcastle's building exposure, zone by zone
235 buildings are counted in Newcastle, and 79.6% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 20.4% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Newcastle ranks
Newcastle's risk sits at a similar level relative to Nebraska (79th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (76th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Newcastle ranks 7,632 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,634 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nebraska alone, it ranks 123 of 583 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nebraska on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 76th percentile nationally, Newcastle carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 79.6% of Newcastle'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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 235 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Newcastle. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Newcastle, see the exposure-zones guide.