Beaver, AK
Beaver wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Beaver lands at the 92nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 76 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Beaver at the 90th percentile, close to its 92nd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in Beaver (51.3% of 76 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 32.9% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Beaver ranks
There's little gap between Beaver's 92nd national percentile and its 79th percentile inside Alaska, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Beaver ranks 2,509 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,035 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alaska alone, it ranks 68 of 322 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alaska on its state page.
Beaver and the insurance market
Beaver's very high rating (92nd 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.
Hardening a home in Beaver
Beaver's 51.3% 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 Beaver's figures come from
Beaver's 92nd-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 Beaver's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.