Kobuk, AK
Kobuk wildfire risk explained
Kobuk sits at the 90th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 77 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Kobuk at the 90th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Kobuk's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Kobuk's 77 counted buildings, 50.6% carry Direct exposure and only 7.8% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Kobuk against the rest of the country
Kobuk scores 90th nationally and 76th 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, Kobuk ranks 3,139 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,995 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alaska alone, it ranks 78 of 322 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alaska on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Kobuk
At the 90th percentile nationally, Kobuk carries the very high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Hardening a home in Kobuk
Kobuk's 50.6% 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.
More on how this number was built
Kobuk's 90th-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 Kobuk, see the exposure-zones guide.