Dacono, CO
Dacono wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Dacono at the 51st national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 2,635 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Dacono's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 52nd percentile nationally.
Where Dacono's buildings actually sit
89.8% of Dacono's 2,635 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 10.2% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
How Dacono compares
Inside Colorado, Dacono sits at just the 19th percentile even though it scores 51st 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, Dacono ranks 15,530 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,042 by building count (1 is largest). Within Colorado alone, it ranks 381 of 472 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Colorado on its state page.
Dacono and the insurance market
At the 51st national percentile, Dacono 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 89.8% of Dacono 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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Dacono's 15,530-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Dacono, see the exposure-zones guide.