Goldfield, CO
Goldfield wildfire risk explained
Goldfield sits at the 95th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 75 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Goldfield at the 95th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Goldfield's building exposure, zone by zone
75 buildings are counted in Goldfield, and 60% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 40% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Goldfield against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Goldfield's 95th national percentile and its 84th percentile inside Colorado, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Goldfield ranks 1,439 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,074 by building count (1 is largest). Within Colorado alone, it ranks 77 of 472 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Colorado on its state page.
Goldfield and the insurance market
At the 95th percentile nationally, Goldfield 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 Goldfield
Because 60% of Goldfield's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Goldfield's 95th-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 Goldfield, see the exposure-zones guide.