Klukwan, AK
How exposed is Klukwan to wildfire?
Klukwan's 85 buildings earn a 12th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Klukwan at the 11th percentile, close to its 12th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Klukwan: 95.3% of its 85 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 4.7% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Klukwan ranks
Klukwan scores 12th nationally and 17th 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, Klukwan ranks 27,597 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,676 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alaska alone, it ranks 267 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
Klukwan's low wildfire rating (12th 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.
Hardening a home in Klukwan
With 95.3% of Klukwan 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
Klukwan's 12th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Klukwan, see the exposure-zones guide.