South Van Horn, AK
How exposed is South Van Horn to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, South Van Horn lands at the 76th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 872 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, South Van Horn's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 73rd percentile nationally.
Where South Van Horn's buildings actually sit
40.6% of South Van Horn's 872 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 39.9% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
South Van Horn against the rest of the country
Inside Alaska, South Van Horn sits at just the 59th percentile even though it scores 76th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, South Van Horn ranks 7,616 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,968 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alaska alone, it ranks 132 of 322 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alaska on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in South Van Horn
At the 76th percentile nationally, South Van Horn 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 South Van Horn
South Van Horn's 40.6% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind South Van Horn's 7,616-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond South Van Horn, see the exposure-zones guide.