Copper Canyon, TX
Copper Canyon wildfire risk explained
Copper Canyon sits at the 69th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,098 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Copper Canyon's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 69th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
90.3% of Copper Canyon's 1,098 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 991 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 9.7% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How Copper Canyon compares
Copper Canyon's 69th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 28th ranking inside Texas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 41 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Copper Canyon ranks 9,938 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,293 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,300 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Copper Canyon's high rating (69th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Copper Canyon (90.3%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Copper Canyon's 69th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Copper Canyon, see the exposure-zones guide.