Haxtun, CO
Haxtun, CO's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Haxtun sits at the 24th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 786 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Haxtun at the 21st percentile, close to its 24th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
91.2% of Haxtun's 786 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 8.8% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where Haxtun ranks
Haxtun ranks lower within Colorado (2nd percentile statewide) than its 24th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Haxtun ranks 23,849 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,755 by building count (1 is largest). Within Colorado alone, it ranks 463 of 472 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Colorado on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Haxtun
Haxtun's moderate rating (24th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
With 91.2% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Haxtun gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Haxtun's 23,849-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Haxtun, see the exposure-zones guide.