Maybell, CO
Maybell, CO's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Maybell lands at the 88th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 95 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Maybell at the 87th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Maybell's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 51.6% of Maybell's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 48.4% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 49 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Maybell against the rest of the country
Inside Colorado, Maybell sits at just the 71st percentile even though it scores 88th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Maybell ranks 3,683 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,254 by building count (1 is largest). Within Colorado alone, it ranks 137 of 472 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Colorado on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Maybell
Maybell's 88th-percentile, very high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 51.6% of Maybell 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.
Where Maybell's figures come from
Maybell's 88th-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 Maybell's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.