Arboles, CO
How exposed is Arboles to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Arboles lands at the 80th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 437 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Arboles at the 78th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Arboles's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 83.8% of Arboles's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 15.1% Indirect share and far above its 1.1% Minimal share — a profile where 366 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Arboles compares
Arboles ranks lower within Colorado (54th percentile statewide) than its 80th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Arboles ranks 6,233 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,514 by building count (1 is largest). Within Colorado alone, it ranks 218 of 472 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Colorado on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Arboles
At the 80th percentile nationally, Arboles carries the very high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Hardening a home in Arboles
Arboles's 83.8% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 437 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Arboles. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Arboles, see the exposure-zones guide.