Port Graham, AK
Port Graham wildfire risk explained
Port Graham's 95 buildings earn a 12th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Port Graham at the 13th national percentile — 0 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 Graham: 94.7% of its 95 buildings, versus 1.1% Indirect and 4.2% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Port Graham compares
Port Graham's risk sits at a similar level relative to Alaska (17th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (12th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Port Graham ranks 27,629 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,253 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alaska alone, it ranks 268 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
Port Graham's low wildfire rating (12th 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 Port Graham
Because Direct exposure dominates in Port Graham (94.7%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Port Graham's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Port Graham's 27,629-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Port Graham's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.