Pritchett, CO
Pritchett wildfire risk explained
Pritchett's 172 buildings earn a 91st-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, Pritchett's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 90th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
172 buildings are counted in Pritchett, and 74.4% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 25.6% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
How Pritchett compares
Pritchett ranks lower within Colorado (76th percentile statewide) than its 91st national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Pritchett ranks 2,952 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,929 by building count (1 is largest). Within Colorado alone, it ranks 116 of 472 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Colorado on its state page.
Pritchett and the insurance market
Pritchett's very high rating (91st percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
What would actually reduce this score
Pritchett's 74.4% 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 172 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Pritchett. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Pritchett, see the exposure-zones guide.