Silver Cliff, CO
Silver Cliff wildfire risk explained
Silver Cliff sits at the 78th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 592 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Silver Cliff at the 76th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Silver Cliff's 592 counted buildings, 63.9% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Silver Cliff against the rest of the country
Silver Cliff's 78th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 50th ranking inside Colorado does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 28 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Silver Cliff ranks 6,801 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,935 by building count (1 is largest). Within Colorado alone, it ranks 235 of 472 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Colorado on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Silver Cliff
At the 78th percentile nationally, Silver Cliff 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.
Hardening a home in Silver Cliff
Silver Cliff's 63.9% 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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Silver Cliff's 6,801-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Silver Cliff, see the exposure-zones guide.