Austin, AR
Austin wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Austin lands at the 67th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 1,336 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Austin's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 71st percentile nationally.
Where Austin's buildings actually sit
1,336 buildings are counted in Austin, and 61% 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.
Austin against the rest of the country
Inside Arkansas, Austin sits at just the 52nd percentile even though it scores 67th 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, Austin ranks 10,357 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,898 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 296 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Austin
Austin's 67th-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Hardening a home in Austin
Austin's 61% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Austin's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,336 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Austin. The exposure-zones guide covers what Austin's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.