Rulo, NE
Rulo, NE's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Rulo's 182 buildings earn a 57th-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 Rulo at the 57th percentile, close to its 57th-percentile risk score.
Rulo's building exposure, zone by zone
182 buildings are counted in Rulo, and 59.9% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 39% in Direct exposure or the 1.1% rated Minimal.
How Rulo compares
Rulo's risk sits at a similar level relative to Nebraska (46th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (57th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rulo ranks 13,428 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,548 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nebraska alone, it ranks 317 of 583 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nebraska on its state page.
Rulo and the insurance market
Rulo's elevated wildfire rating (57th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Rulo
Because 59.9% of Rulo's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Rulo's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 182 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Rulo. The exposure-zones guide covers what Rulo's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.