Ambler, AK
Ambler, AK's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Ambler at the 95th national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 133 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 Ambler at the 94th percentile, close to its 95th-percentile risk score.
Where Ambler's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 64.7% of Ambler's 133 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 35.3% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How Ambler compares
Ambler scores 95th nationally and 84th 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, Ambler ranks 1,688 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,565 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alaska alone, it ranks 51 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
Ambler's very high rating (95th 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 Ambler (64.7% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Ambler's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Ambler's 1,688-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Ambler's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.