Kodiak Station, AK
Kodiak Station wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Kodiak Station at the 45th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 418 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 Kodiak Station at the 48th percentile, close to its 45th-percentile risk score.
Where Kodiak Station's buildings actually sit
418 buildings are counted in Kodiak Station, and 66% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 33% in Direct exposure or the 1% rated Minimal.
Where Kodiak Station ranks
Kodiak Station's risk sits at a similar level relative to Alaska (34th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (45th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Kodiak Station ranks 17,385 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,853 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alaska alone, it ranks 214 of 322 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alaska on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Kodiak Station
Kodiak Station's elevated wildfire rating (45th 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 Kodiak Station
Kodiak Station's 66% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 418 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Kodiak Station. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Kodiak Station, see the exposure-zones guide.