Scammon Bay, AK
How exposed is Scammon Bay to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Scammon Bay at the 76th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 145 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Scammon Bay at the 80th national percentile — 4 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
Most of Scammon Bay's buildings (60.7%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
How Scammon Bay compares
Scammon Bay's 76th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 59th ranking inside Alaska does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 17 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Scammon Bay ranks 7,709 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,057 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alaska alone, it ranks 134 of 322 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alaska on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Scammon Bay
At the 76th percentile nationally, Scammon Bay 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Scammon Bay's 60.7% 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 Scammon Bay's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Scammon Bay's 7,709-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Scammon Bay's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.