Valley, NE
Valley, NE's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Valley at the 72nd national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 1,992 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Valley at the 65th national percentile — 7 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Valley's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 76.8% of Valley's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 15.4% Direct and 7.8% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
How Valley compares
There's little gap between Valley's 72nd national percentile and its 72nd percentile inside Nebraska, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Valley ranks 8,797 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,503 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nebraska alone, it ranks 162 of 583 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nebraska on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Valley
At the 72nd percentile nationally, Valley carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Hardening a home in Valley
With 76.8% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Valley gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Valley's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,992 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Valley. The exposure-zones guide covers what Valley's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.