Batavia, AR
How exposed is Batavia to wildfire?
Batavia's 247 buildings earn a 77th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Batavia's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 79th percentile nationally.
Where Batavia's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Batavia: 98.4% of its 247 buildings, versus 1.6% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Batavia against the rest of the country
Batavia's risk sits at a similar level relative to Arkansas (71st percentile statewide) as it does nationally (77th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Batavia ranks 7,301 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,232 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 179 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Batavia and the insurance market
Batavia's high rating (77th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Batavia's 98.4% 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.
More on how this number was built
Batavia's 77th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Batavia, see the exposure-zones guide.