Wildfire risk in Alaska
Alaska: 30 counties covered
Across 30 Alaska counties, the average wildfire-risk percentile is 40 — but that average hides real spread between counties, which is why each community in this dataset gets its own page rather than one statewide number.
- Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK — 98th percentile, Very High
- Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AK — 97th percentile, Very High
- Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK — 95th percentile, Very High
- Denali Borough, AK — 94th percentile, Very High
- Copper River Census Area, AK — 89th percentile, Very High
- Bethel Census Area, AK — 81st percentile, Very High
- Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK — 80th percentile, High
- Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK — 79th percentile, High
- Northwest Arctic Borough, AK — 77th percentile, High
- Dillingham Census Area, AK — 64th percentile, High
- Kusilvak Census Area, AK — 57th percentile, Elevated
- Nome Census Area, AK — 49th percentile, Elevated
- Lake and Peninsula Borough, AK — 48th percentile, Elevated
- Bristol Bay Borough, AK — 35th percentile, Moderate
- Kodiak Island Borough, AK — 34th percentile, Moderate
- Anchorage Municipality, AK — 34th percentile, Moderate
- North Slope Borough, AK — 19th percentile, Low
- Skagway Municipality, AK — 16th percentile, Low
- Chugach Census Area, AK — 8th percentile, Low
- Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, AK — 7th percentile, Low
- Yakutat City and Borough, AK — 6th percentile, Low
- Haines Borough, AK — 6th percentile, Low
- Aleutians East Borough, AK — 5th percentile, Low
- Juneau City and Borough, AK — 5th percentile, Low
- Wrangell City and Borough, AK — 5th percentile, Low
- Sitka City and Borough, AK — 5th percentile, Low
- Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK — 4th percentile, Low
- Petersburg Borough, AK — 4th percentile, Low
- Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, AK — 4th percentile, Low
- Aleutians West Census Area, AK — 3rd percentile, Low
The 10 highest-risk places in Alaska on this site
Of the 322 Alaska communities WildfireRiskFinder covers, these rank highest for wildfire risk nationally:
- Pleasant Valley, AK — 100th percentile, Very High
- Two Rivers, AK — 100th percentile, Very High
- Tanacross, AK — 99th percentile, Very High
- Ruby, AK — 99th percentile, Very High
- Salcha, AK — 99th percentile, Very High
- Tok, AK — 99th percentile, Very High
- Takotna, AK — 99th percentile, Very High
- Eielson AFB, AK — 99th percentile, Very High
- Harding-Birch Lakes, AK — 99th percentile, Very High
- Eagle, AK — 99th percentile, Very High