Cherry Hills Village, CO
Cherry Hills Village wildfire risk explained
Cherry Hills Village's 2,964 buildings earn a 39th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Cherry Hills Village at the 44th percentile, close to its 39th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Cherry Hills Village: 50.2% of its 2,964 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 49.8% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Cherry Hills Village ranks
Cherry Hills Village ranks lower within Colorado (8th percentile statewide) than its 39th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Cherry Hills Village ranks 19,309 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,491 by building count (1 is largest). Within Colorado alone, it ranks 436 of 472 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Colorado on its state page.
Cherry Hills Village and the insurance market
Cherry Hills Village's moderate wildfire rating (39th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 50.2% of Cherry Hills Village 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.
Where Cherry Hills Village's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Cherry Hills Village's 19,309-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Cherry Hills Village's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.