Air Force Academy, CO
Air Force Academy, CO's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Air Force Academy at the 99th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 831 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Air Force Academy at the 98th percentile, close to its 99th-percentile risk score.
Air Force Academy's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Air Force Academy's 831 counted buildings, 68.5% carry Direct exposure and only 7.8% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Air Force Academy compares
Air Force Academy's risk sits at a similar level relative to Colorado (94th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (99th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Air Force Academy ranks 441 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,331 by building count (1 is largest). Within Colorado alone, it ranks 30 of 472 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Colorado on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Air Force Academy's very high rating (99th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 68.5% of Air Force Academy in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Air Force Academy's figures come from
Air Force Academy's 99th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Air Force Academy's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.