Meeker, CO
How exposed is Meeker to wildfire?
Meeker's 1,403 buildings earn a 88th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Meeker's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 86th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Meeker's buildings (83.7%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Where Meeker ranks
Inside Colorado, Meeker sits at just the 69th 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, Meeker ranks 3,838 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,610 by building count (1 is largest). Within Colorado alone, it ranks 144 of 472 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Colorado on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Meeker
At the 88th percentile nationally, Meeker 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 83.7% of Meeker'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.
Where Meeker's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,403 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Meeker. The exposure-zones guide covers what Meeker's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.