Port Protection, AK
How exposed is Port Protection to wildfire?
USFS scores Port Protection at the 7th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 42 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Port Protection's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 7th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Port Protection's 42 counted buildings, 100% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Port Protection compares
Port Protection's risk sits at a similar level relative to Alaska (4th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (7th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Port Protection ranks 29,395 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 31,107 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alaska alone, it ranks 308 of 322 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alaska on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Port Protection
Port Protection'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
Port Protection's 100% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 42 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Port Protection. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Port Protection, see the exposure-zones guide.