Kipnuk, AK
Kipnuk, AK's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Kipnuk's 239 buildings earn a 53rd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Kipnuk at the 61st national percentile — 7 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Kipnuk's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 58.2% of Kipnuk's 239 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 36.8% Direct and 5% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How Kipnuk compares
Kipnuk scores 53rd nationally and 42nd 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, Kipnuk ranks 14,737 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,490 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alaska alone, it ranks 187 of 322 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alaska on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Kipnuk
Kipnuk's elevated wildfire rating (53rd percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Kipnuk (58.2% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Kipnuk's figures come from
Kipnuk's 53rd-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 Kipnuk's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.