Petersburg, AK
Petersburg, AK's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Petersburg's 1,568 buildings earn a 7th-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, Petersburg's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 7th percentile nationally.
Where Petersburg's buildings actually sit
51.5% of Petersburg's 1,568 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 808 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 46.4% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 2.1% are Minimal.
Where Petersburg ranks
There's little gap between Petersburg's 7th national percentile and its 7th percentile inside Alaska, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Petersburg ranks 29,238 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,893 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alaska alone, it ranks 301 of 322 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alaska on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Petersburg
Petersburg's low wildfire rating (7th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 51.5% of Petersburg 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
Petersburg's 7th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Petersburg, see the exposure-zones guide.