Amagon, AR
Amagon wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Amagon lands at the 58th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 80 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Amagon at the 60th percentile, close to its 58th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS puts 57.5% of Amagon's 80 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 42.5% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Amagon against the rest of the country
Inside Arkansas, Amagon sits at just the 38th percentile even though it scores 58th 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, Amagon ranks 13,323 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,871 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 380 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Amagon and the insurance market
At the 58th national percentile, Amagon rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Amagon's 57.5% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Amagon's figures come from
Amagon's 58th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Amagon's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.