Koliganek, AK
How exposed is Koliganek to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Koliganek lands at the 67th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 111 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Koliganek at the 66th percentile, close to its 67th-percentile risk score.
Koliganek's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Koliganek's 111 counted buildings, 100% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Koliganek against the rest of the country
Koliganek ranks lower within Alaska (50th percentile statewide) than its 67th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Koliganek ranks 10,452 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,568 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alaska alone, it ranks 163 of 322 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alaska on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Koliganek
At the 67th percentile nationally, Koliganek carries the 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Koliganek (100%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Koliganek's 10,452-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Koliganek, see the exposure-zones guide.