Schurz, NV
Schurz, NV's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Schurz lands at the 60th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 497 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 Schurz at the 62nd percentile, close to its 60th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 82.9% of Schurz's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 17.1% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 412 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Schurz against the rest of the country
Inside Nevada, Schurz sits at just the 17th percentile even though it scores 60th 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, Schurz ranks 12,553 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,409 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nevada alone, it ranks 102 of 123 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nevada on its state page.
Schurz and the insurance market
At the 60th percentile nationally, Schurz carries the 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 82.9% of Schurz 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Schurz's 12,553-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Schurz, see the exposure-zones guide.