South Sioux City, NE
How exposed is South Sioux City to wildfire?
USFS scores South Sioux City at the 78th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 4,543 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts South Sioux City at the 76th percentile, close to its 78th-percentile risk score.
South Sioux City's building exposure, zone by zone
Only 2.1% of South Sioux City's 4,543 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 97.9% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
How South Sioux City compares
South Sioux City scores 78th nationally and 82nd 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, South Sioux City ranks 7,027 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,758 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nebraska alone, it ranks 103 of 583 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nebraska on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in South Sioux City
South Sioux City's high rating (78th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in South Sioux City
South Sioux City's 97.9% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where South Sioux City's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind South Sioux City's 7,027-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what South Sioux City's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.