Walthill, NE
How exposed is Walthill to wildfire?
Walthill sits at the 80th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 322 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Walthill at the 73rd percentile, close to its 80th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Only 22.7% of Walthill's 322 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 77.3% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
How Walthill compares
Walthill scores 80th nationally and 86th 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, Walthill ranks 6,341 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,039 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nebraska alone, it ranks 84 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
At the 80th percentile nationally, Walthill 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 Walthill
Walthill's 77.3% 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 Walthill's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Walthill's 6,341-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Walthill's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.