Pelican, AK
Pelican, AK's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Pelican's 56 buildings earn a 10th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Pelican's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 11th percentile nationally.
Pelican's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Pelican: 83.9% of its 56 buildings, versus 3.6% Indirect and 12.5% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Pelican against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Pelican's 10th national percentile and its 14th percentile inside Alaska, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Pelican ranks 28,260 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,757 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alaska alone, it ranks 278 of 322 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alaska on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Pelican
Pelican's low wildfire rating (10th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Pelican
With 83.9% of Pelican 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.
Where Pelican's figures come from
Pelican's 10th-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 Pelican's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.