Gulkana, AK
How exposed is Gulkana to wildfire?
Gulkana sits at the 96th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 56 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Gulkana's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 94th percentile nationally.
Where Gulkana's buildings actually sit
56 buildings are counted in Gulkana, and 91.1% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Gulkana against the rest of the country
Gulkana's risk sits at a similar level relative to Alaska (87th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (96th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Gulkana ranks 1,373 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,756 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alaska alone, it ranks 44 of 322 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alaska on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Gulkana
Gulkana's 96th-percentile, very high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Hardening a home in Gulkana
Because Direct exposure dominates in Gulkana (91.1%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Gulkana's 96th-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 Gulkana, see the exposure-zones guide.