Byers, CO
How exposed is Byers to wildfire?
Byers's 932 buildings earn a 77th-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.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Byers at the 75th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Byers's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Byers (57.1% of 932 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 42.9% sit in the Direct zone.
How Byers compares
Byers's 77th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 47th ranking inside Colorado does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 30 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Byers ranks 7,370 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,450 by building count (1 is largest). Within Colorado alone, it ranks 248 of 472 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Colorado on its state page.
Byers and the insurance market
At the 77th percentile nationally, Byers 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Byers (57.1% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Byers's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Byers's 7,370-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Byers's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.