Hydaburg, AK
Hydaburg wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Hydaburg lands at the 7th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 159 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Hydaburg at the 7th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Hydaburg's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 50.3% of Hydaburg's 159 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 41.5% Direct and 8.2% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How Hydaburg compares
Hydaburg scores 7th nationally and 5th 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, Hydaburg ranks 29,363 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,464 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alaska alone, it ranks 306 of 322 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alaska on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Hydaburg
Hydaburg's low rating (7th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 50.3% of Hydaburg's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Hydaburg's figures come from
Hydaburg's 7th-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 Hydaburg's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.