Branson, CO
How exposed is Branson to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Branson at the 93rd national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 89 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Branson at the 91st percentile, close to its 93rd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Branson's 89 counted buildings, 71.9% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Branson against the rest of the country
Branson's risk sits at a similar level relative to Colorado (81st percentile statewide) as it does nationally (93rd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Branson ranks 2,200 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,526 by building count (1 is largest). Within Colorado alone, it ranks 88 of 472 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Colorado on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Branson
At the 93rd percentile nationally, Branson 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
Branson's 71.9% 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
Branson's 93rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Branson, see the exposure-zones guide.