Eagle, CO
How exposed is Eagle to wildfire?
USFS scores Eagle at the 71st national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 2,185 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Eagle at the 70th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Eagle's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Eagle (79.9% of 2,185 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 20.1% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Eagle ranks
Eagle's 71st national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 39th ranking inside Colorado does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 32 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Eagle ranks 9,038 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,976 by building count (1 is largest). Within Colorado alone, it ranks 288 of 472 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Colorado on its state page.
Eagle and the insurance market
Eagle's high rating (71st percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Eagle
Eagle's 79.9% 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 2,185 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Eagle. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Eagle, see the exposure-zones guide.