Nenana, AK
How exposed is Nenana to wildfire?
Nenana's 346 buildings earn a 89th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Nenana at the 89th percentile, close to its 89th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
50.3% of Nenana's 346 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 49.1% Direct and 0.6% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Nenana ranks
There's little gap between Nenana's 89th national percentile and its 75th percentile inside Alaska, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Nenana ranks 3,391 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,417 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alaska alone, it ranks 84 of 322 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alaska on its state page.
Nenana and the insurance market
At the 89th percentile nationally, Nenana carries the very 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.
Hardening a home in Nenana
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Nenana (50.3% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Nenana's figures come from
Nenana's 89th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Nenana's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.