Sand Point, AK
Sand Point, AK's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Sand Point lands at the 7th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 362 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Sand Point at the 6th percentile, close to its 7th-percentile risk score.
Sand Point's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Sand Point (49.7% of 362 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 48.9% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Sand Point ranks
There's little gap between Sand Point's 7th national percentile and its 7th percentile inside Alaska, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Sand Point ranks 29,239 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,011 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alaska alone, it ranks 302 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
Sand Point'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
Sand Point's 49.7% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Sand Point's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Sand Point's 29,239-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Sand Point's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.