Ekwok, AK
Ekwok, AK's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Ekwok at the 78th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 87 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 Ekwok at the 76th percentile, close to its 78th-percentile risk score.
Where Ekwok's buildings actually sit
100% of Ekwok's 87 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 87 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Ekwok ranks
Inside Alaska, Ekwok sits at just the 61st percentile even though it scores 78th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Ekwok ranks 6,923 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,603 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alaska alone, it ranks 127 of 322 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alaska on its state page.
Ekwok and the insurance market
At the 78th percentile nationally, Ekwok carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Ekwok (100%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Ekwok's 6,923-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Ekwok, see the exposure-zones guide.