Guffey, CO
How exposed is Guffey to wildfire?
Guffey sits at the 96th 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 181 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Guffey's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 94th percentile nationally.
Guffey's building exposure, zone by zone
181 buildings are counted in Guffey, 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.
Guffey against the rest of the country
Guffey scores 96th nationally and 85th 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, Guffey ranks 1,192 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,576 by building count (1 is largest). Within Colorado alone, it ranks 70 of 472 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Colorado on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Guffey
Guffey's very high rating (96th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Guffey
With 100% of Guffey 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 181 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Guffey. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Guffey, see the exposure-zones guide.