Waverly, NE
How exposed is Waverly to wildfire?
Waverly's 1,671 buildings earn a 51st-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average 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 Waverly at the 48th percentile, close to its 51st-percentile risk score.
Where Waverly's buildings actually sit
95.5% of Waverly's 1,671 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 4.5% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Waverly against the rest of the country
Waverly scores 51st nationally and 38th 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, Waverly ranks 15,540 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,518 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nebraska alone, it ranks 364 of 583 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nebraska on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Waverly
Waverly's elevated rating (51st percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Waverly
With 95.5% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Waverly gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Waverly's 15,540-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Waverly, see the exposure-zones guide.