Evansville, AK
How exposed is Evansville to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Evansville at the 98th national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 25 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Evansville at the 98th percentile, close to its 98th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 100% of Evansville's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 25 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Evansville ranks
Evansville's risk sits at a similar level relative to Alaska (95th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (98th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Evansville ranks 553 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 31,408 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alaska alone, it ranks 17 of 322 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alaska on its state page.
Evansville and the insurance market
At the 98th percentile nationally, Evansville carries the very 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.
Hardening a home in Evansville
Evansville's 100% 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.
Where Evansville's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 25 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Evansville. The exposure-zones guide covers what Evansville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.