Aurora, CO
How exposed is Aurora to wildfire?
USFS scores Aurora at the 74th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 100,919 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Aurora's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 73rd percentile nationally.
Aurora's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Aurora's buildings (67.3% of 100,919) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure. At 100,919 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How Aurora compares
Aurora's 74th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 43rd 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, Aurora ranks 8,087 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 61 by building count (1 is largest). Within Colorado alone, it ranks 268 of 472 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Colorado on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Aurora
At the 74th percentile nationally, Aurora carries the 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 67.3% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Aurora gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 100,919 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Aurora. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Aurora, see the exposure-zones guide.