Wasilla, AK
Wasilla, AK's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Wasilla sits at the 67th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 3,757 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Wasilla's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 64th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Wasilla's 3,757 counted buildings, 77.8% carry Direct exposure and only 4.5% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Wasilla compares
Inside Alaska, Wasilla sits at just the 51st percentile even though it scores 67th 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, Wasilla ranks 10,262 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,467 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alaska alone, it ranks 160 of 322 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alaska on its state page.
Wasilla and the insurance market
Wasilla's high rating (67th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 77.8% of Wasilla 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.
Where Wasilla's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Wasilla's 10,262-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Wasilla's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.