New Stuyahok, AK
New Stuyahok, AK's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
New Stuyahok's 152 buildings earn a 71st-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks New Stuyahok at the 70th national percentile — 1 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
85.5% of New Stuyahok's 152 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 130 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 14.5% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
New Stuyahok against the rest of the country
New Stuyahok ranks lower within Alaska (53rd percentile statewide) than its 71st national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, New Stuyahok ranks 9,287 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,784 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alaska alone, it ranks 151 of 322 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alaska on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
New Stuyahok's high rating (71st percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
New Stuyahok's 85.5% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 152 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for New Stuyahok. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond New Stuyahok, see the exposure-zones guide.