Funny River, AK
Funny River, AK's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Funny River's 1,220 buildings earn a 96th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Funny River at the 95th percentile, close to its 96th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Funny River's 1,220 counted buildings, 98.8% carry Direct exposure and only 0.3% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Funny River ranks
Funny River scores 96th nationally and 88th within Alaska — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Funny River ranks 1,311 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,535 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alaska alone, it ranks 41 of 322 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alaska on its state page.
Funny River and the insurance market
At the 96th percentile nationally, Funny River 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 Funny River
Funny River's 98.8% 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 Funny River's figures come from
Funny River's 96th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Funny River's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.