Columbine Valley, CO
How exposed is Columbine Valley to wildfire?
USFS scores Columbine Valley at the 48th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 637 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 Columbine Valley at the 51st percentile, close to its 48th-percentile risk score.
Where Columbine Valley's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 59.2% of Columbine Valley's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 40.8% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
How Columbine Valley compares
Inside Colorado, Columbine Valley sits at just the 15th percentile even though it scores 48th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Columbine Valley ranks 16,251 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,375 by building count (1 is largest). Within Colorado alone, it ranks 400 of 472 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Colorado on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Columbine Valley
At the 48th national percentile, Columbine Valley rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Even with 59.2% of Columbine Valley outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Columbine Valley's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Columbine Valley's 16,251-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Columbine Valley's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.