Glendale (Boulder), CO
Glendale (Boulder), CO's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Glendale (Boulder)'s 62 buildings earn a 99th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Glendale (Boulder) at the 99th percentile, close to its 99th-percentile risk score.
Glendale (Boulder)'s building exposure, zone by zone
62 buildings are counted in Glendale (Boulder), and 100% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
How Glendale (Boulder) compares
Glendale (Boulder) scores 99th nationally and 98th within Colorado — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Glendale (Boulder) ranks 281 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,568 by building count (1 is largest). Within Colorado alone, it ranks 8 of 472 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Colorado on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Glendale (Boulder)'s 99th-percentile, very high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
What would actually reduce this score
With 100% of Glendale (Boulder) in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Glendale (Boulder)'s figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Glendale (Boulder)'s 281-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Glendale (Boulder)'s dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.