Dove Creek, CO
How exposed is Dove Creek to wildfire?
Dove Creek's 534 buildings earn a 56th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Dove Creek at the 50th percentile, close to its 56th-percentile risk score.
Where Dove Creek's buildings actually sit
534 buildings are counted in Dove Creek, and 64% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 36% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Dove Creek against the rest of the country
Inside Colorado, Dove Creek sits at just the 25th percentile even though it scores 56th 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, Dove Creek ranks 13,827 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,808 by building count (1 is largest). Within Colorado alone, it ranks 353 of 472 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Colorado on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Dove Creek
Dove Creek's elevated rating (56th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Dove Creek
Dove Creek's 64% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 534 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Dove Creek. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Dove Creek, see the exposure-zones guide.