Avondale, CO
How exposed is Avondale to wildfire?
USFS scores Avondale at the 58th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 421 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Avondale's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 57th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS puts 82% of Avondale's 421 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 17.1% Direct and 1% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Avondale ranks
Avondale's 58th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 27th 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, Avondale ranks 13,197 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,797 by building count (1 is largest). Within Colorado alone, it ranks 346 of 472 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Colorado on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Avondale
Avondale's elevated rating (58th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Avondale's 82% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Avondale's 13,197-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Avondale, see the exposure-zones guide.