wildfires: Over 2.2 Million U.S. Homes at Risk to Wildfires - 10/22/15 02:26 AM
According to a study by Core Logic, over 2.2 million homes in the U.S. are exposed to a very high risk of wildfire damage.  The estimated reconstruction cost of the at risk homes is over $606 billion.
What's more, over 1 million of these homes fall into the highest wildfire risk segment.
Most of the risk is held in the 13 western most states - Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
Source: Corelogic  
The report further breaks down the extremely high wildfire risk in 3 major metropolitan areas: Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO, San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA, and San Antonio-NewBraunfels, … (0 comments)