Coopersville, MI
How exposed is Coopersville to wildfire?
Coopersville's 1,908 buildings earn a 9th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Coopersville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 10th percentile nationally.
Where Coopersville's buildings actually sit
84% of Coopersville's 1,908 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 16% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Coopersville against the rest of the country
Compare Coopersville's two percentiles: 30th within Michigan, only 9th nationally — a gap of 21 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Coopersville ranks 28,591 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,743 by building count (1 is largest). Within Michigan alone, it ranks 520 of 745 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Michigan on its state page.
Coopersville and the insurance market
Coopersville's low rating (9th 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 Coopersville
Even with 84% of Coopersville outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Coopersville's figures come from
Coopersville's 9th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Coopersville's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.