Trapper Creek, AK
Trapper Creek, AK's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Trapper Creek sits at the 88th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 675 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Trapper Creek at the 87th percentile, close to its 88th-percentile risk score.
Where Trapper Creek's buildings actually sit
99.9% of Trapper Creek's 675 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 674 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0.2% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Trapper Creek ranks
Trapper Creek's 88th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 73rd ranking inside Alaska does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 15 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Trapper Creek ranks 3,677 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,925 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alaska alone, it ranks 89 of 322 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alaska on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Trapper Creek
Trapper Creek's 88th-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.
Hardening a home in Trapper Creek
Because Direct exposure dominates in Trapper Creek (99.9%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Trapper Creek's figures come from
Trapper Creek's 88th-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 Trapper Creek's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.