Kittredge, CO
Kittredge, CO's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Kittredge sits at the 99th 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 587 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Kittredge's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 98th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Kittredge: 76.5% of its 587 buildings, versus 23.5% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Kittredge ranks
There's little gap between Kittredge's 99th national percentile and its 94th percentile inside Colorado, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Kittredge ranks 413 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,998 by building count (1 is largest). Within Colorado alone, it ranks 28 of 472 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Colorado on its state page.
Kittredge and the insurance market
At the 99th percentile nationally, Kittredge 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 Kittredge
Kittredge's 76.5% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
Kittredge's 99th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Kittredge, see the exposure-zones guide.