Coffman Cove, AK
Coffman Cove wildfire risk explained
Coffman Cove's 264 buildings earn a 8th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Coffman Cove at the 8th percentile, close to its 8th-percentile risk score.
Where Coffman Cove's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Coffman Cove: 95.5% of its 264 buildings, versus 1.1% Indirect and 3.4% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Coffman Cove against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Coffman Cove's 8th national percentile and its 9th percentile inside Alaska, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Coffman Cove ranks 29,110 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,688 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alaska alone, it ranks 292 of 322 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alaska on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Coffman Cove
Coffman Cove's low rating (8th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Coffman Cove
With 95.5% of Coffman Cove in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 264 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Coffman Cove. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Coffman Cove, see the exposure-zones guide.