Wellington, CO
How exposed is Wellington to wildfire?
Wellington sits at the 73rd 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 3,786 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Wellington at the 73rd percentile, close to its 73rd-percentile risk score.
Where Wellington's buildings actually sit
3,786 buildings are counted in Wellington, and 75.6% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 12.3% in Direct exposure or the 12.1% rated Minimal.
Wellington against the rest of the country
Wellington ranks lower within Colorado (41st percentile statewide) than its 73rd national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Wellington ranks 8,534 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,439 by building count (1 is largest). Within Colorado alone, it ranks 277 of 472 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Colorado on its state page.
Wellington and the insurance market
At the 73rd percentile nationally, Wellington 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 75.6% of Wellington'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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Wellington's 8,534-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Wellington, see the exposure-zones guide.