Arapahoe, CO
Arapahoe, CO's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Arapahoe sits at the 37th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 106 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 Arapahoe at the 33rd percentile, close to its 37th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
57.6% of Arapahoe's 106 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 61 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 41.5% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0.9% are Minimal.
Arapahoe against the rest of the country
Arapahoe's 37th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 6th ranking inside Colorado does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 31 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Arapahoe ranks 19,845 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,760 by building count (1 is largest). Within Colorado alone, it ranks 443 of 472 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Colorado on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Arapahoe
Arapahoe's moderate wildfire rating (37th 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 Arapahoe
With 57.6% of Arapahoe 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 Arapahoe's figures come from
Arapahoe's 37th-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 Arapahoe's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.