Yakutat, AK
Yakutat wildfire risk explained
Yakutat sits at the 12th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 485 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 Yakutat at the 12th percentile, close to its 12th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 53.6% of Yakutat's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 44.1% Indirect share and far above its 2.3% Minimal share — a profile where 260 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Yakutat ranks
Yakutat's risk sits at a similar level relative to Alaska (16th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (12th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Yakutat ranks 27,786 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,605 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alaska alone, it ranks 271 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
Yakutat's low rating (12th 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 Yakutat
Yakutat's 53.6% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Yakutat's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 485 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Yakutat. The exposure-zones guide covers what Yakutat's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.