Minto, AK
Minto, AK's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Minto at the 98th national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 121 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Minto at the 98th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
57% of Minto's 121 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 43% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Minto compares
Minto scores 98th nationally and 95th 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, Minto ranks 524 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,092 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alaska alone, it ranks 16 of 322 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alaska on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Minto
Minto's 98th-percentile, very high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Hardening a home in Minto
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Minto (57% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Minto's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 121 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Minto. The exposure-zones guide covers what Minto's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.