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15 Porch Notes tagged “home ignition zone,” from counties across Colorado.

Home and property - Gilpin County

Gilpin County living: defensible space is part of mountain homeownership

Gilpin County sits in forested, fire-prone terrain, and creating defensible space around a home is work that happens long before there is any smoke.

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Home and property - La Plata County

Around Durango, defensible space is a normal part of owning a home

Much of La Plata County sits in the wildland-urban interface, where creating defensible space around a home is a routine wildfire-readiness step.

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Home and property - Archuleta County

In Archuleta County's forest edge, defensible space comes before the smoke

Much of Archuleta County sits where homes meet the San Juan National Forest, and creating defensible space around a house is a normal part of owning land here.

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Home and property - Pitkin County

In the Roaring Fork Valley, defensible space is part of owning a home

Homes in Pitkin County's forested valleys sit in the wildland-urban interface, where creating defensible space around the house is a normal part of mountain living.

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Home and property - El Paso County

On the wooded edges of El Paso County, defensible space comes first

Homes in the forested foothills and tree-covered areas of El Paso County sit in the wildland-urban interface, where creating defensible space is part of owning the property.

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Home and property - Chaffee County

Around Chaffee County's forests, defensible space is part of owning the home

Many Chaffee County homes sit where houses meet pinyon, juniper, and pine, so reducing fire risk around the house is steady, off-season work rather than a one-time fix.

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Home and property - Routt County

In the Yampa Valley, defensible space is work you do before there is smoke

Homes set among the forests and sagebrush hills around Steamboat Springs sit in a wildfire-prone landscape, and the time to create defensible space is well before a fire starts.

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Home and property - Park County

A Park County mountain home sits in fire country, so defensible space comes first

Many Park County homes sit in the wildland-urban interface, where creating defensible space around the house is the kind of preparation done before there is ever smoke.

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Home and property - Larimer County

In Larimer County's foothills, defensible space is part of owning a home

Homes along the foothills and canyons west of Fort Collins, Loveland, and Estes Park sit in wildfire country, and the state forest service explains how to prepare a home before there is smoke.

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Home and property - Huerfano County

Wildfire is part of life in Huerfano County's forest edge

Homes in the wooded country around La Veta, Cuchara, and the Spanish Peaks sit in wildfire territory, and defensible space is work worth doing before there is smoke.

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Home and property - Ouray County

A home in the trees here means thinking about defensible space

Many Ouray County homes sit in forested, wildland-edge terrain, where defensible space and the home ignition zone are the durable wildfire basics worth handling before fire season.

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Home and property - Custer County

Homes against the forest edge in Custer County share wildfire risk

Many Custer County properties sit where homes meet forest and grassland, where defensible space around the house is a normal part of ownership.

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Home and property - Summit County

Summit County defensible space is normal mountain home upkeep

Defensible space around a Summit County home is routine upkeep, like clearing snow, for houses near forest and brush.

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Home and property - Rio Blanco County

Living next to forest and BLM land means thinking about defensible space

Many Rio Blanco County homes sit where private land meets forest and public range, the wildland-urban interface, where defensible space is worth planning before fire season.

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Home and property - Jackson County

On a North Park property, defensible space is work to do before fire season

Homes set among the forests and grass around North Park sit in wildfire country, where defensible space is something to plan before there is any smoke.

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