Talkeetna, AK
Talkeetna, AK's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Talkeetna lands at the 76th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 935 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 Talkeetna at the 70th percentile, close to its 76th-percentile risk score.
Where Talkeetna's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Talkeetna: 85.2% of its 935 buildings, versus 14.8% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Talkeetna ranks
Inside Alaska, Talkeetna 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, Talkeetna ranks 7,617 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,425 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alaska alone, it ranks 133 of 322 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alaska on its state page.
Talkeetna and the insurance market
Talkeetna's high rating (76th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Talkeetna
With 85.2% of Talkeetna in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Talkeetna's 7,617-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Talkeetna, see the exposure-zones guide.