Tazlina, AK
Tazlina wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Tazlina at the 96th national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 184 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Tazlina at the 94th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Tazlina's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 94% of Tazlina's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 6% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 173 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Tazlina ranks
Tazlina scores 96th nationally and 89th 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, Tazlina ranks 1,216 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,444 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alaska alone, it ranks 38 of 322 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alaska on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Tazlina's 96th-percentile, very high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Tazlina (94%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 184 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Tazlina. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Tazlina, see the exposure-zones guide.