Edgewater, CO
Edgewater wildfire risk explained
Edgewater's 2,013 buildings earn a 27th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Edgewater at the 33rd national percentile — 6 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Edgewater's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 99.5% of Edgewater's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 0.5% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Where Edgewater ranks
Edgewater ranks lower within Colorado (3rd percentile statewide) than its 27th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Edgewater ranks 23,029 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,439 by building count (1 is largest). Within Colorado alone, it ranks 458 of 472 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Colorado on its state page.
Edgewater and the insurance market
At the 27th national percentile, Edgewater rates moderate 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
With 99.5% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Edgewater gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,013 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Edgewater. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Edgewater, see the exposure-zones guide.