Lake City, CO
Lake City, CO's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Lake City at the 66th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 716 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Lake City at the 60th national percentile — 7 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Lake City's building exposure, zone by zone
78.2% of Lake City's 716 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 21.8% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Lake City compares
Lake City ranks lower within Colorado (33rd percentile statewide) than its 66th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lake City ranks 10,709 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,503 by building count (1 is largest). Within Colorado alone, it ranks 318 of 472 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Colorado on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Lake City
Lake City's high rating (66th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 78.2% of Lake City's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 716 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Lake City. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Lake City, see the exposure-zones guide.