Clark Fork, ID
How exposed is Clark Fork to wildfire?
Clark Fork's 469 buildings earn a 78th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Clark Fork at the 72nd national percentile — 6 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
75.5% of Clark Fork's 469 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 24.5% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Clark Fork ranks
Clark Fork ranks lower within Idaho (45th percentile statewide) than its 78th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Clark Fork ranks 6,933 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,895 by building count (1 is largest). Within Idaho alone, it ranks 128 of 232 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Idaho on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Clark Fork
Clark Fork's 78th-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Hardening a home in Clark Fork
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Clark Fork (75.5% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Clark Fork's 6,933-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Clark Fork, see the exposure-zones guide.