Angoon, AK
How exposed is Angoon to wildfire?
USFS scores Angoon at the 6th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 122 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Angoon at the 6th percentile, close to its 6th-percentile risk score.
Where Angoon's buildings actually sit
122 buildings are counted in Angoon, and 60.7% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 37.7% in Direct exposure or the 1.6% rated Minimal.
How Angoon compares
There's little gap between Angoon's 6th national percentile and its 3rd percentile inside Alaska, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Angoon ranks 29,583 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,045 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alaska alone, it ranks 312 of 322 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alaska on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Angoon
At the 6th national percentile, Angoon rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Angoon's 60.7% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Angoon's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 122 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Angoon. The exposure-zones guide covers what Angoon's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.