Green Mountain Falls, CO
Green Mountain Falls, CO's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Green Mountain Falls at the 99th national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 559 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Green Mountain Falls's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 99th percentile nationally.
Where Green Mountain Falls's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Green Mountain Falls: 77.6% of its 559 buildings, versus 22.4% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Green Mountain Falls ranks
There's little gap between Green Mountain Falls's 99th national percentile and its 99th percentile inside Colorado, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Green Mountain Falls ranks 255 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,417 by building count (1 is largest). Within Colorado alone, it ranks 5 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 99th percentile nationally, Green Mountain Falls 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Green Mountain Falls (77.6%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 559 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Green Mountain Falls. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Green Mountain Falls, see the exposure-zones guide.