Preston, NV
Preston, NV's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Preston sits at the 93rd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 99 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (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 87th percentile, close to its 93rd-percentile risk score.
Preston's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Preston: 50.5% of its 99 buildings, versus 49.5% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Preston compares
Preston's 93rd national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 49th ranking inside Nevada does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 43 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Preston ranks 2,336 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,094 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nevada alone, it ranks 63 of 123 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nevada on its state page.
Preston and the insurance market
At the 93rd percentile nationally, Preston 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 50.5% 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
Preston's 93rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Preston, see the exposure-zones guide.