Lutak, AK
Lutak, AK's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Lutak at the 13th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 35 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Lutak at the 12th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Lutak's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Lutak: 100% of its 35 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Lutak compares
Lutak scores 13th 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, Lutak ranks 27,567 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 31,263 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alaska alone, it ranks 266 of 322 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alaska on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Lutak
Lutak's low rating (13th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
With 100% of Lutak 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 35 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Lutak. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Lutak, see the exposure-zones guide.