Paul Beakley I hear you. I generally only categorized something as a threat once:

a) I decided it was under a front
b) The players were really into it

If I could do it on the fly in play that’s fine but usually I did a post-game evaluation of stuff from the session, new NPCs or places or whatever and where they might fit into the fronts (if they fit) and what kind of threat they might be.

Making every pebble and fart into a threat would drive me crazy.