Arkansas City, AR
Arkansas City, AR's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Arkansas City sits at the 46th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 275 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Arkansas City's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 47th percentile nationally.
Where Arkansas City's buildings actually sit
50.5% of Arkansas City's 275 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 49.5% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Arkansas City against the rest of the country
Inside Arkansas, Arkansas City sits at just the 22nd percentile even though it scores 46th 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, Arkansas City ranks 17,070 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,347 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 481 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Arkansas City's elevated rating (46th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Arkansas City (50.5% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Arkansas City's 17,070-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Arkansas City, see the exposure-zones guide.