Russian Mission, AK
Russian Mission wildfire risk explained
Russian Mission's 113 buildings earn a 78th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Russian Mission's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 76th percentile nationally.
Russian Mission's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Russian Mission's 113 counted buildings, 92.9% carry Direct exposure and only 1.8% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Russian Mission ranks
Russian Mission ranks lower within Alaska (61st percentile statewide) than its 78th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Russian Mission ranks 6,859 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,487 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alaska alone, it ranks 126 of 322 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alaska on its state page.
Russian Mission and the insurance market
At the 78th percentile nationally, Russian Mission carries the 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 Russian Mission
Because Direct exposure dominates in Russian Mission (92.9%), 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Russian Mission's 6,859-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Russian Mission, see the exposure-zones guide.