Peetz, CO
Peetz wildfire risk explained
Peetz's 191 buildings earn a 48th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Peetz's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 46th percentile nationally.
Peetz's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 40.3% of Peetz's 191 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 22.5% Direct and 37.2% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How Peetz compares
Peetz's 48th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 14th ranking inside Colorado does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 33 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Peetz ranks 16,443 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,188 by building count (1 is largest). Within Colorado alone, it ranks 404 of 472 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Colorado on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Peetz
At the 48th national percentile, Peetz rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Peetz's 40.3% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Peetz's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Peetz's 16,443-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Peetz's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.