Avilla, AR
How exposed is Avilla to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Avilla at the 75th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 768 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Avilla at the 78th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Avilla's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Avilla's 768 counted buildings, 99.4% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Avilla ranks
Avilla's risk sits at a similar level relative to Arkansas (63rd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (75th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Avilla ranks 8,027 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,933 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 225 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Avilla and the insurance market
Avilla's high rating (75th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Avilla
Avilla's 99.4% 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 Avilla's figures come from
Avilla's 75th-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 Avilla's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.