Copper Center, AK
How exposed is Copper Center to wildfire?
Copper Center sits at the 96th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 193 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Copper Center at the 94th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
96.9% of Copper Center's 193 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 187 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 3.1% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Copper Center against the rest of the country
Copper Center's risk sits at a similar level relative to Alaska (90th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (96th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Copper Center ranks 1,121 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,110 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alaska alone, it ranks 33 of 322 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alaska on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Copper Center
At the 96th percentile nationally, Copper Center carries the very high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 96.9% of Copper Center in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Copper Center's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Copper Center's 1,121-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Copper Center's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.