Gustavus, AK
Gustavus, AK's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Gustavus at the 17th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 604 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Gustavus's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 17th percentile nationally.
Where Gustavus's buildings actually sit
Of Gustavus's 604 counted buildings, 94.4% carry Direct exposure and only 0.5% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Gustavus ranks
There's little gap between Gustavus's 17th national percentile and its 21st percentile inside Alaska, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Gustavus ranks 26,116 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,778 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alaska alone, it ranks 256 of 322 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alaska on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Gustavus
Gustavus's low rating (17th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
With 94.4% of Gustavus 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 604 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Gustavus. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Gustavus, see the exposure-zones guide.