Pleasant Valley, AK
Pleasant Valley, AK's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Pleasant Valley at the 100th national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 509 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Pleasant Valley at the 100th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Pleasant Valley's buildings actually sit
509 buildings are counted in Pleasant Valley, and 100% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Where Pleasant Valley ranks
Pleasant Valley's risk sits at a similar level relative to Alaska (100th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (100th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Pleasant Valley ranks 143 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,180 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alaska alone, it ranks 1 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
At the 100th percentile nationally, Pleasant Valley 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 Pleasant Valley
Because Direct exposure dominates in Pleasant Valley (100%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Pleasant Valley's 100th-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 Pleasant Valley, see the exposure-zones guide.