Castle Pines Village, CO
How exposed is Castle Pines Village to wildfire?
USFS scores Castle Pines Village at the 92nd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 1,753 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Castle Pines Village's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 91st percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Castle Pines Village's buildings (50.7%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Castle Pines Village against the rest of the country
Castle Pines Village scores 92nd nationally and 78th within Colorado — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Castle Pines Village ranks 2,642 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,210 by building count (1 is largest). Within Colorado alone, it ranks 104 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 92nd percentile nationally, Castle Pines Village 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.
Hardening a home in Castle Pines Village
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Castle Pines Village (50.7% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,753 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Castle Pines Village. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Castle Pines Village, see the exposure-zones guide.