Avon, CO
Avon, CO's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Avon's 1,012 buildings earn a 68th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Avon's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 62nd percentile nationally.
Where Avon's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 69.9% of Avon's 1,012 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 30.1% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Avon ranks
Inside Colorado, Avon sits at just the 34th percentile even though it scores 68th 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, Avon ranks 10,202 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,846 by building count (1 is largest). Within Colorado alone, it ranks 309 of 472 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Colorado on its state page.
Avon and the insurance market
Avon's high rating (68th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Avon (69.9% 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Avon's 10,202-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Avon, see the exposure-zones guide.