Weston, NE
Weston wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Weston lands at the 47th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 238 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Weston at the 43rd national percentile — 4 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Weston's buildings actually sit
89.5% of Weston's 238 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 10.5% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where Weston ranks
Weston's risk sits at a similar level relative to Nebraska (34th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (47th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Weston ranks 16,579 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,534 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nebraska alone, it ranks 388 of 583 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nebraska on its state page.
Weston and the insurance market
Weston's elevated wildfire rating (47th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Weston
Even with 89.5% of Weston outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Weston's 47th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Weston, see the exposure-zones guide.