Coppell, TX
Coppell wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Coppell at the 53rd national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 13,488 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Coppell's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 55th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Coppell's buildings (97.2% of 13,488) 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. At 13,488 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How Coppell compares
Coppell ranks lower within Texas (9th percentile statewide) than its 53rd national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Coppell ranks 14,766 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,123 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,642 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Coppell and the insurance market
Coppell's elevated rating (53rd 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 Coppell
With 97.2% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Coppell gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
Coppell's 53rd-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 Coppell, see the exposure-zones guide.