Norwood, CO
How exposed is Norwood to wildfire?
Norwood's 350 buildings earn a 74th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Norwood's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 68th percentile nationally.
Where Norwood's buildings actually sit
Most of Norwood's buildings (73.7%) 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 Norwood ranks
Inside Colorado, Norwood sits at just the 42nd percentile even though it scores 74th 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, Norwood ranks 8,345 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,300 by building count (1 is largest). Within Colorado alone, it ranks 272 of 472 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Colorado on its state page.
Norwood and the insurance market
At the 74th percentile nationally, Norwood carries the 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 73.7% of Norwood'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 Norwood's figures come from
Norwood's 74th-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 Norwood's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.