Silverton, CO
Silverton, CO's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Silverton's 634 buildings earn a 84th-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, Silverton's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 75th percentile nationally.
Silverton's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 74.8% of Silverton's 634 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 25.2% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Silverton against the rest of the country
Silverton ranks lower within Colorado (64th percentile statewide) than its 84th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Silverton ranks 5,036 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,412 by building count (1 is largest). Within Colorado alone, it ranks 173 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
At the 84th percentile nationally, Silverton 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 Silverton
Because 74.8% of Silverton'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
Silverton's 84th-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 Silverton, see the exposure-zones guide.