Jansen, CO
Jansen wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Jansen at the 92nd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 129 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Jansen at the 85th percentile, close to its 92nd-percentile risk score.
Jansen's building exposure, zone by zone
129 buildings are counted in Jansen, and 69.8% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 30.2% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Jansen against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Jansen's 92nd national percentile and its 78th percentile inside Colorado, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Jansen ranks 2,644 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,743 by building count (1 is largest). Within Colorado alone, it ranks 106 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
Jansen's very high rating (92nd 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 Jansen
Jansen's 69.8% 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.
Where Jansen's figures come from
Jansen's 92nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Jansen's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.