Newport, NE
Newport wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Newport at the 84th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 128 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Newport at the 81st percentile, close to its 84th-percentile risk score.
Newport's building exposure, zone by zone
128 buildings are counted in Newport, and 70.3% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Where Newport ranks
Newport's risk sits at a similar level relative to Nebraska (92nd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (84th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Newport ranks 4,985 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,808 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nebraska alone, it ranks 48 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 84th percentile nationally, Newport carries the very 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.
Hardening a home in Newport
With 70.3% of Newport in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 128 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Newport. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Newport, see the exposure-zones guide.