Glenwood Springs, CO
How exposed is Glenwood Springs to wildfire?
USFS scores Glenwood Springs at the 92nd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 3,041 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Glenwood Springs at the 87th national percentile — 5 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in Glenwood Springs (86.1% of 3,041 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 13.9% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Glenwood Springs ranks
Glenwood Springs scores 92nd nationally and 80th 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, Glenwood Springs ranks 2,389 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,369 by building count (1 is largest). Within Colorado alone, it ranks 96 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
At the 92nd percentile nationally, Glenwood Springs carries the very high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Hardening a home in Glenwood Springs
Glenwood Springs's 86.1% 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
Glenwood Springs's 92nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Glenwood Springs, see the exposure-zones guide.