Napaskiak, AK
Napaskiak, AK's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Napaskiak lands at the 69th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 157 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Napaskiak at the 76th national percentile — 7 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Napaskiak's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Napaskiak: 72% of its 157 buildings, versus 28% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Napaskiak ranks
Inside Alaska, Napaskiak sits at just the 52nd percentile even though it scores 69th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Napaskiak ranks 9,631 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,552 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alaska alone, it ranks 155 of 322 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alaska on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Napaskiak
At the 69th percentile nationally, Napaskiak 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
With 72% of Napaskiak 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Napaskiak's 9,631-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Napaskiak, see the exposure-zones guide.