Rachel, NV
Rachel, NV's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Rachel at the 31st national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 91 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 Rachel at the 37th percentile, close to its 31st-percentile risk score.
Where Rachel's buildings actually sit
Of Rachel's 91 counted buildings, 83.5% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Rachel compares
Rachel's 31st national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 5th ranking inside Nevada does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 26 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rachel ranks 21,871 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,458 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nevada alone, it ranks 117 of 123 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nevada on its state page.
Rachel and the insurance market
Rachel's moderate rating (31st percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 83.5% of Rachel 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 91 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Rachel. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Rachel, see the exposure-zones guide.