Colorado · published for local adoption; not active statewide
Construction sources: reviewed · state briefing
Colorado
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402plant records
3guides
2026-08-25last verified
Colorado published its own book: the 2025 Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code, established 1 July 2025 under 8 CCR 1507-39, with Class 1 hardening in designated hazard areas. It is a local-adoption path, so what applies to your house still waits on a county or city taking it up — none is sourced yet.
That adoption gap leads what we can't tell you yet, together with the map, project, and confirmation checks the code itself leaves open.
The Front Range garden climbs USDA half-zones 4a to 7a. Of 402 documented plant records, 14 explicitly document native range and 87 carry an invasive or noxious flag; living here reads them by elevation.
What applies in Colorado
Colorado’s published book is the 2025 Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code. The Wildfire Resiliency Code Board established it on 1 July 2025 through 8 CCR 1507-39. In designated wildfire hazard areas, Class 1 hardening applies on low fire-intensity maps and Class 2 on moderate or high. The title is written to be adopted by a named jurisdiction. Confirm the local ordinance.
What we can't tell you yet
No city or county briefing is open here yet.
Living here
402 plant records documented in the state. 14 explicitly document Colorado as native range. 87 carry an invasive or noxious flag applying here. One fire-evidence source names Colorado in publication scope.
Plant groups in Colorado → · Colorado embed
3 guides name Colorado — the reading list is on Learn.
Reading that names Colorado
- A Class A rating is not a service-life clock
- Address signs firefighters can find
- Alternate materials and methods under R104.11
- Artificial turf in Zone 0
- ASTM E119 versus a WUI wall test
- Bird blocks, boxed soffit, or unvented attic
- Class A covering is not a bag of shingles
- Colorado CWRC versus Oregon R327 versus California CWUIC