The assessment ranks the risk of allotments to fire damage by various threat components. Improvements are verified on the parcels and attributes are collected on the improvements with respect to the standing fuels. Each improvement is located with a global positioning system (GPS) receiver and the locations are incorporated into the Native allotment forest inventory geographic information system (GIS) dataset. Attributes include a digital photograph of the improvement, distance to flammable vegetation, defensibility, structure construction materials, fuel type and over all hazard ranking. Allotments with inhabited dwellings are placed highest on the hazard ranking list. The assessment targets Native allotment lands within the Tanana valley. The assessments will allow for determining areas suitable for hazard fuel reduction projects. Fire fighting agencies will also have access to the data to determine locations of remote cabins and other values at risk. The Tanana Chiefs Conference Fire Management Plan for Allotments has indicated the need to reduce the risk of fire adjacent to allotments, which in the long term will reduce the expense, uncertainty and damage resulting from uncontained wildfires.