Augusta, AR
Augusta wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Augusta at the 57th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 1,299 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Augusta's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 58th percentile nationally.
Augusta's building exposure, zone by zone
1,299 buildings are counted in Augusta, and 54.5% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 45% in Direct exposure or the 0.5% rated Minimal.
Augusta against the rest of the country
Augusta's 57th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 36th ranking inside Arkansas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 21 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Augusta ranks 13,636 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,077 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 392 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Augusta
Augusta's elevated rating (57th 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 Augusta
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Augusta (54.5% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,299 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Augusta. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Augusta, see the exposure-zones guide.