Cooper Landing, AK
Cooper Landing wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Cooper Landing at the 37th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 500 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Cooper Landing's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 37th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
500 buildings are counted in Cooper Landing, and 97.4% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 1.6% rated Minimal.
Where Cooper Landing ranks
Cooper Landing's risk sits at a similar level relative to Alaska (29th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (37th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Cooper Landing ranks 19,717 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,346 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alaska alone, it ranks 229 of 322 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alaska on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Cooper Landing's moderate wildfire rating (37th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Cooper Landing's 97.4% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 500 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Cooper Landing. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Cooper Landing, see the exposure-zones guide.