Alamosa, CO
How exposed is Alamosa to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Alamosa lands at the 41st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 4,362 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Alamosa at the 39th percentile, close to its 41st-percentile risk score.
Where Alamosa's buildings actually sit
4,362 buildings are counted in Alamosa, and 93.7% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 6.3% in Direct exposure or the 0.1% rated Minimal.
How Alamosa compares
Inside Colorado, Alamosa sits at just the 9th percentile even though it scores 41st nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Alamosa ranks 18,519 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,919 by building count (1 is largest). Within Colorado alone, it ranks 431 of 472 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Colorado on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Alamosa
At the 41st national percentile, Alamosa rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Alamosa
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Alamosa (93.7% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Alamosa's 41st-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Alamosa, see the exposure-zones guide.