Rangely, CO
Rangely, CO's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Rangely's 1,327 buildings earn a 89th-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.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Rangely at the 86th percentile, close to its 89th-percentile risk score.
Where Rangely's buildings actually sit
1,327 buildings are counted in Rangely, and 74.2% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 25.8% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Rangely ranks
Rangely ranks lower within Colorado (72nd percentile statewide) than its 89th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rangely ranks 3,555 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,946 by building count (1 is largest). Within Colorado alone, it ranks 133 of 472 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Colorado on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Rangely's very high rating (89th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 74.2% of Rangely'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.
More on how this number was built
Rangely's 89th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Rangely, see the exposure-zones guide.