Wiley, CO
Wiley, CO's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Wiley lands at the 49th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 300 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Wiley at the 48th percentile, close to its 49th-percentile risk score.
Where Wiley's buildings actually sit
Wiley rates 92% Minimal exposure against just 8% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 300 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Where Wiley ranks
Wiley ranks lower within Colorado (17th percentile statewide) than its 49th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Wiley ranks 16,038 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,622 by building count (1 is largest). Within Colorado alone, it ranks 394 of 472 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Colorado on its state page.
Wiley and the insurance market
Wiley's elevated rating (49th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Even with 92% of Wiley outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Wiley's 49th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Wiley, see the exposure-zones guide.