Kasigluk, AK
Kasigluk wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Kasigluk at the 69th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 180 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Kasigluk at the 75th percentile, close to its 69th-percentile risk score.
Kasigluk's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Kasigluk's 180 counted buildings, 61.1% carry Direct exposure and only 1.7% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Kasigluk against the rest of the country
Kasigluk ranks lower within Alaska (52nd percentile statewide) than its 69th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Kasigluk ranks 9,664 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,608 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alaska alone, it ranks 156 of 322 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alaska on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Kasigluk's high rating (69th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Kasigluk (61.1%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Kasigluk's figures come from
Kasigluk's 69th-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 Kasigluk's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.