Fritz Creek, AK
Fritz Creek wildfire risk explained
Fritz Creek sits at the 64th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,539 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Fritz Creek's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 64th percentile nationally.
Fritz Creek's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Fritz Creek: 99.9% of its 1,539 buildings, versus 0.1% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Fritz Creek compares
Inside Alaska, Fritz Creek sits at just the 48th percentile even though it scores 64th 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, Fritz Creek ranks 11,270 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,985 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alaska alone, it ranks 168 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
At the 64th percentile nationally, Fritz Creek 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.
Hardening a home in Fritz Creek
With 99.9% of Fritz Creek 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.
More on how this number was built
Fritz Creek's 64th-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 Fritz Creek, see the exposure-zones guide.