Amity, AR
Amity, AR's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Amity sits at the 76th 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 581 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 Amity at the 79th percentile, close to its 76th-percentile risk score.
Amity's building exposure, zone by zone
581 buildings are counted in Amity, and 65.6% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
How Amity compares
There's little gap between Amity's 76th national percentile and its 68th percentile inside Arkansas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Amity ranks 7,553 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,089 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 197 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Amity and the insurance market
At the 76th percentile nationally, Amity carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
What would actually reduce this score
With 65.6% of Amity 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 Amity's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 581 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Amity. The exposure-zones guide covers what Amity's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.