Akutan, AK
Akutan, AK's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Akutan's 97 buildings earn a 7th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Akutan's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 6th percentile nationally.
Akutan's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Akutan: 47.4% of its 97 buildings, versus 25.8% Indirect and 26.8% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Akutan ranks
Akutan scores 7th nationally and 4th within Alaska — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Akutan ranks 29,457 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,158 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alaska alone, it ranks 309 of 322 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alaska on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 7th national percentile, Akutan rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Akutan
Because Direct exposure dominates in Akutan (47.4%), 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
Akutan's 7th-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 Akutan, see the exposure-zones guide.