Shickley, NE
Shickley wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Shickley lands at the 20th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 314 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Shickley's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 17th percentile nationally.
Where Shickley's buildings actually sit
Only 8% of Shickley's 314 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 92% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
How Shickley compares
Shickley's risk sits at a similar level relative to Nebraska (10th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (20th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Shickley ranks 25,094 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,255 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nebraska alone, it ranks 524 of 583 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nebraska on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Shickley's moderate rating (20th 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 92% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Shickley gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 314 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Shickley. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Shickley, see the exposure-zones guide.