Snyder, NE
Snyder wildfire risk explained
Snyder sits at the 48th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 248 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Snyder's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 42nd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
94% of Snyder's 248 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 6.1% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where Snyder ranks
There's little gap between Snyder's 48th national percentile and its 34th percentile inside Nebraska, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Snyder ranks 16,394 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,212 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nebraska alone, it ranks 385 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
Snyder's elevated rating (48th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
With 94% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Snyder 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Snyder's 16,394-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Snyder, see the exposure-zones guide.