Tekamah, NE
Tekamah, NE's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Tekamah's 1,167 buildings earn a 74th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Tekamah at the 67th percentile, close to its 74th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Tekamah's buildings (87.2% of 1,167) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Where Tekamah ranks
Tekamah scores 74th nationally and 76th 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, Tekamah ranks 8,104 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,854 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nebraska alone, it ranks 142 of 583 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nebraska on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Tekamah
Tekamah's high rating (74th 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
Tekamah's 87.2% 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 Tekamah's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,167 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Tekamah. The exposure-zones guide covers what Tekamah's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.