Riverton, NE
How exposed is Riverton to wildfire?
Riverton's 131 buildings earn a 59th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Riverton at the 57th percentile, close to its 59th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Riverton's buildings (66.4%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Riverton against the rest of the country
Riverton scores 59th nationally and 48th 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, Riverton ranks 12,960 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,678 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nebraska alone, it ranks 303 of 583 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nebraska on its state page.
Riverton and the insurance market
At the 59th national percentile, Riverton rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Riverton (66.4% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Riverton's 59th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Riverton, see the exposure-zones guide.