Port Clarence, AK
How exposed is Port Clarence to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Port Clarence at the 19th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 9 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Port Clarence at the 28th national percentile — 9 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Port Clarence: 100% of its 9 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap. This is a small settlement by building count — 9 total — so these shares describe a handful of structures, not a statistical average across thousands.
Where Port Clarence ranks
Port Clarence's risk sits at a similar level relative to Alaska (21st percentile statewide) as it does nationally (19th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Port Clarence ranks 25,454 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 31,513 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alaska alone, it ranks 254 of 322 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alaska on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Port Clarence
Port Clarence's low wildfire rating (19th 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 100% of Port Clarence 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 Port Clarence's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Port Clarence's 25,454-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. Small places like Port Clarence (9 buildings) are exactly where USFS's underlying data gets sparsest — see the data-quality guide for the 517 places that didn't clear the bar.