Eielson AFB, AK
Eielson AFB wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Eielson AFB at the 99th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 717 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 Eielson AFB at the 99th percentile, close to its 99th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
63.9% of Eielson AFB's 717 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 31.2% Direct and 4.9% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Eielson AFB compares
Eielson AFB's risk sits at a similar level relative to Alaska (98th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (99th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Eielson AFB ranks 364 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,492 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alaska alone, it ranks 8 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
Eielson AFB's 99th-percentile, very 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Eielson AFB (63.9% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Eielson AFB's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Eielson AFB's 364-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Eielson AFB's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.