Venice, NE
Venice, NE's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Venice's 126 buildings earn a 78th-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.)
Separately from the risk score above, Venice's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 71st percentile nationally.
Venice's building exposure, zone by zone
96% of Venice's 126 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 121 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 4% are Minimal.
Where Venice ranks
Venice's risk sits at a similar level relative to Nebraska (83rd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (78th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Venice ranks 7,028 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,904 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nebraska alone, it ranks 104 of 583 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nebraska on its state page.
Venice and the insurance market
Venice'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.
What would actually reduce this score
Venice's 96% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Venice's 7,028-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Venice, see the exposure-zones guide.