Seldovia, AK
Seldovia, AK's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Seldovia's 217 buildings earn a 12th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Seldovia's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 11th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Seldovia's buildings (80.7%) 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.
Seldovia against the rest of the country
Seldovia scores 12th nationally and 16th 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, Seldovia ranks 27,849 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,225 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alaska alone, it ranks 272 of 322 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alaska on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Seldovia
Seldovia's low wildfire rating (12th 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
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Seldovia (80.7% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Seldovia's figures come from
Seldovia's 12th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Seldovia's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.