Port Lions, AK
How exposed is Port Lions to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Port Lions at the 36th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 162 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Port Lions at the 39th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Port Lions's buildings actually sit
48.8% of Port Lions's 162 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 79 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 46.3% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 4.9% are Minimal.
How Port Lions compares
Port Lions scores 36th nationally and 28th within Alaska — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Port Lions ranks 20,190 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,316 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alaska alone, it ranks 231 of 322 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alaska on its state page.
Port Lions and the insurance market
At the 36th national percentile, Port Lions rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 48.8% of Port Lions 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 162 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Port Lions. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Port Lions, see the exposure-zones guide.