Utqiaġvik, AK
Utqiaġvik, AK's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Utqiaġvik at the 28th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 1,686 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Utqiaġvik's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 32nd percentile nationally.
Where Utqiaġvik's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Utqiaġvik (88.9% of 1,686 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 10.9% sit in the Direct zone.
How Utqiaġvik compares
Utqiaġvik's risk sits at a similar level relative to Alaska (25th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (28th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Utqiaġvik ranks 22,838 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,473 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alaska alone, it ranks 243 of 322 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alaska on its state page.
Utqiaġvik and the insurance market
Utqiaġvik's moderate rating (28th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Utqiaġvik
Because 88.9% of Utqiaġvik's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Utqiaġvik's 22,838-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Utqiaġvik, see the exposure-zones guide.