Hooper, CO
Hooper, CO's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Hooper at the 37th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 108 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Hooper at the 39th percentile, close to its 37th-percentile risk score.
Where Hooper's buildings actually sit
108 buildings are counted in Hooper, and 87% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 13% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Hooper ranks
Inside Colorado, Hooper sits at just the 6th percentile even though it scores 37th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hooper ranks 19,752 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,681 by building count (1 is largest). Within Colorado alone, it ranks 442 of 472 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Colorado on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Hooper
Hooper's moderate rating (37th 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 Hooper
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Hooper (87% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Hooper's figures come from
Hooper's 37th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Hooper's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.