Fox, AK
Fox wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Fox at the 98th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 339 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Fox at the 98th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Fox's buildings actually sit
Of Fox's 339 counted buildings, 79.1% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Fox compares
Fox's risk sits at a similar level relative to Alaska (94th 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, Fox ranks 679 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,585 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alaska alone, it ranks 22 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
Fox's very high rating (98th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 79.1% of Fox in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Fox's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Fox's 679-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Fox's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.