Petersburg, NE
Petersburg wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Petersburg at the 18th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 285 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Petersburg at the 11th percentile, close to its 18th-percentile risk score.
Petersburg's building exposure, zone by zone
90.5% of Petersburg's 285 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 9.5% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where Petersburg ranks
Petersburg scores 18th nationally and 8th 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, Petersburg ranks 25,972 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,038 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nebraska alone, it ranks 534 of 583 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nebraska on its state page.
Petersburg and the insurance market
At the 18th national percentile, Petersburg rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 90.5% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Petersburg gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 285 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Petersburg. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Petersburg, see the exposure-zones guide.