Gilcrest, CO
How exposed is Gilcrest to wildfire?
Gilcrest's 516 buildings earn a 30th-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.)
Separately from the risk score above, Gilcrest's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 31st percentile nationally.
Gilcrest's building exposure, zone by zone
Only 8.7% of Gilcrest's 516 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 91.3% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Where Gilcrest ranks
Gilcrest's 30th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 4th ranking inside Colorado does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 26 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Gilcrest ranks 22,081 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,082 by building count (1 is largest). Within Colorado alone, it ranks 454 of 472 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Colorado on its state page.
Gilcrest and the insurance market
At the 30th national percentile, Gilcrest rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Gilcrest
With 91.3% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Gilcrest 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 516 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Gilcrest. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Gilcrest, see the exposure-zones guide.