Preston, NE
Preston wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Preston lands at the 43rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 26 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Preston at the 43rd percentile, close to its 43rd-percentile risk score.
Preston's building exposure, zone by zone
26 buildings are counted in Preston, and 65.4% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 34.6% rated Minimal.
How Preston compares
Inside Nebraska, Preston sits at just the 27th percentile even though it scores 43rd nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Preston ranks 17,965 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 31,404 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nebraska alone, it ranks 425 of 583 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nebraska on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Preston
At the 43rd national percentile, Preston rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Preston
With 65.4% of Preston 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 26 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Preston. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Preston, see the exposure-zones guide.