Parshall, CO
Parshall wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Parshall at the 66th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 64 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Parshall at the 64th percentile, close to its 66th-percentile risk score.
Parshall's building exposure, zone by zone
64 buildings are counted in Parshall, and 73.4% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Where Parshall ranks
Parshall 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, Parshall ranks 10,672 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,495 by building count (1 is largest). Within Colorado alone, it ranks 316 of 472 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Colorado on its state page.
Parshall and the insurance market
At the 66th percentile nationally, Parshall 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
Parshall's 73.4% 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.
Where Parshall's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Parshall's 10,672-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Parshall's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.