Weston, CO
How exposed is Weston to wildfire?
Weston sits at the 94th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 98 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 Weston at the 91st percentile, close to its 94th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
98 buildings are counted in Weston, and 99% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Weston against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Weston's 94th national percentile and its 82nd percentile inside Colorado, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Weston ranks 1,850 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,113 by building count (1 is largest). Within Colorado alone, it ranks 84 of 472 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Colorado on its state page.
Weston and the insurance market
At the 94th percentile nationally, Weston 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Weston's 99% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 98 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Weston. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Weston, see the exposure-zones guide.