Copeland, KS
Copeland wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Copeland lands at the 26th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 228 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Copeland at the 22nd national percentile — 4 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Copeland's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Copeland's buildings (83.8% of 228) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
How Copeland compares
Copeland ranks lower within Kansas (6th percentile statewide) than its 26th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Copeland ranks 23,316 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,851 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 677 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Copeland
Copeland's moderate wildfire rating (26th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Even with 83.8% of Copeland 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.
More on how this number was built
Copeland's 26th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Copeland, see the exposure-zones guide.