Taylor, NE
Taylor, NE's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Taylor at the 77th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 208 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Taylor at the 72nd national percentile — 5 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Taylor's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Taylor's buildings (91.4%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Where Taylor ranks
Taylor's risk sits at a similar level relative to Nebraska (81st percentile statewide) as it does nationally (77th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Taylor ranks 7,253 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,564 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nebraska alone, it ranks 111 of 583 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nebraska on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Taylor
Taylor's high rating (77th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 91.4% of Taylor'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 Taylor's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 208 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Taylor. The exposure-zones guide covers what Taylor's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.