Rock Creek Park, CO
How exposed is Rock Creek Park to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Rock Creek Park at the 99th national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 55 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Rock Creek Park's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 99th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
100% of Rock Creek Park's 55 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 55 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Rock Creek Park ranks
Rock Creek Park scores 99th nationally and 100th within Colorado — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rock Creek Park ranks 196 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,779 by building count (1 is largest). Within Colorado alone, it ranks 2 of 472 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Colorado on its state page.
Rock Creek Park and the insurance market
At the 99th percentile nationally, Rock Creek Park carries the very 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.
Hardening a home in Rock Creek Park
With 100% of Rock Creek Park in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Rock Creek Park's figures come from
Rock Creek Park's 99th-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 Rock Creek Park's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.