Wainwright, AK
Wainwright, AK's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Wainwright at the 25th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 266 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Wainwright's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 26th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in Wainwright (87.6% of 266 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 12% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Wainwright ranks
Wainwright scores 25th nationally and 23rd 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, Wainwright ranks 23,595 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,620 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alaska alone, it ranks 247 of 322 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alaska on its state page.
Wainwright and the insurance market
At the 25th national percentile, Wainwright rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 87.6% of Wainwright'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
Wainwright's 25th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Wainwright, see the exposure-zones guide.