Aspen Park, CO
Aspen Park, CO's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Aspen Park's 589 buildings earn a 99th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Aspen Park at the 99th percentile, close to its 99th-percentile risk score.
Where Aspen Park's buildings actually sit
87.1% of Aspen Park's 589 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 513 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 12.9% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Aspen Park against the rest of the country
Aspen Park's risk sits at a similar level relative to Colorado (99th 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, Aspen Park ranks 280 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,972 by building count (1 is largest). Within Colorado alone, it ranks 7 of 472 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Colorado on its state page.
Aspen Park and the insurance market
At the 99th percentile nationally, Aspen Park 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 87.1% of Aspen Park 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 Aspen Park's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 589 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Aspen Park. The exposure-zones guide covers what Aspen Park's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.