Trenton, NE
Trenton, NE's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Trenton sits at the 59th 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 526 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Trenton at the 58th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS puts 88.4% of Trenton's 526 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 11.6% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Trenton against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Trenton's 59th national percentile and its 49th percentile inside Nebraska, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Trenton ranks 12,897 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,927 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nebraska alone, it ranks 300 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
Trenton's elevated rating (59th 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
Trenton's 88.4% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Trenton's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Trenton's 12,897-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Trenton's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.