Copperton, UT
Copperton, UT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Copperton at the 94th national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 389 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Copperton's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 92nd percentile nationally.
Copperton's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Copperton (91.3% of 389 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 8.7% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Copperton ranks
Copperton's 94th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 75th ranking inside Utah does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 19 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Copperton ranks 1,902 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,436 by building count (1 is largest). Within Utah alone, it ranks 82 of 326 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Utah on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Copperton
Copperton's very high rating (94th 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
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Copperton (91.3% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 389 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Copperton. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Copperton, see the exposure-zones guide.