Vona, CO
How exposed is Vona to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Vona at the 50th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 121 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Vona at the 48th national percentile — 3 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Vona's buildings actually sit
121 buildings are counted in Vona, and 66.1% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 33.9% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Vona against the rest of the country
Vona's 50th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 19th ranking inside Colorado does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 32 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Vona ranks 15,687 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,098 by building count (1 is largest). Within Colorado alone, it ranks 385 of 472 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Colorado on its state page.
Vona and the insurance market
At the 50th national percentile, Vona rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Vona
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Vona (66.1% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Vona's 15,687-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Vona, see the exposure-zones guide.