Eareckson Station, AK
Eareckson Station, AK's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Eareckson Station lands at the 6th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 58 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Eareckson Station at the 6th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Eareckson Station's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 58.6% of Eareckson Station's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 41.4% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 34 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Eareckson Station ranks
Eareckson Station's risk sits at a similar level relative to Alaska (3rd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (6th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Eareckson Station ranks 29,741 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,696 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alaska alone, it ranks 314 of 322 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alaska on its state page.
Eareckson Station and the insurance market
At the 6th national percentile, Eareckson Station 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
Eareckson Station's 58.6% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
Eareckson Station's 6th-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 Eareckson Station, see the exposure-zones guide.