Golovin, AK
Golovin, AK's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Golovin lands at the 25th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 77 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Golovin at the 32nd percentile, close to its 25th-percentile risk score.
Where Golovin's buildings actually sit
52% of Golovin's 77 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 46.8% Direct and 1.3% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Golovin compares
There's little gap between Golovin's 25th national percentile and its 24th percentile inside Alaska, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Golovin ranks 23,594 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,994 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alaska alone, it ranks 246 of 322 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alaska on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Golovin
Golovin's moderate wildfire rating (25th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Golovin (52% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Golovin's 23,594-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Golovin, see the exposure-zones guide.