Colorado City, CO
How exposed is Colorado City to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Colorado City lands at the 87th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 1,351 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Colorado City's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 84th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Colorado City's 1,351 counted buildings, 81.6% 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.
Where Colorado City ranks
Colorado City's 87th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 68th ranking inside Colorado does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 19 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Colorado City ranks 4,216 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,824 by building count (1 is largest). Within Colorado alone, it ranks 153 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
Colorado City's 87th-percentile, very high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Hardening a home in Colorado City
With 81.6% of Colorado City 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 Colorado City's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,351 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Colorado City. The exposure-zones guide covers what Colorado City's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.