King Salmon, AK
King Salmon wildfire risk explained
USFS scores King Salmon at the 49th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 519 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts King Salmon at the 49th percentile, close to its 49th-percentile risk score.
Where King Salmon's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 88.4% of King Salmon's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 11% Indirect share and far above its 0.6% Minimal share — a profile where 459 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
King Salmon against the rest of the country
There's little gap between King Salmon's 49th national percentile and its 39th percentile inside Alaska, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, King Salmon ranks 16,188 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,029 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alaska alone, it ranks 196 of 322 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alaska on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in King Salmon
At the 49th national percentile, King Salmon rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
King Salmon's 88.4% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where King Salmon's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind King Salmon's 16,188-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what King Salmon's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.