Briggsdale, CO
How exposed is Briggsdale to wildfire?
USFS scores Briggsdale at the 87th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 99 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Briggsdale at the 88th percentile, close to its 87th-percentile risk score.
Where Briggsdale's buildings actually sit
Of Briggsdale's 99 counted buildings, 51.5% 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.
How Briggsdale compares
Briggsdale ranks lower within Colorado (69th percentile statewide) than its 87th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Briggsdale ranks 4,057 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,066 by building count (1 is largest). Within Colorado alone, it ranks 148 of 472 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Colorado on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 87th percentile nationally, Briggsdale 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 51.5% of Briggsdale 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 99 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Briggsdale. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Briggsdale, see the exposure-zones guide.