Belleville, AR
Belleville wildfire risk explained
Belleville's 314 buildings earn a 80th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Belleville at the 85th national percentile — 5 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Belleville: 66.9% of its 314 buildings, versus 33.1% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Belleville against the rest of the country
Belleville's risk sits at a similar level relative to Arkansas (82nd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (80th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Belleville ranks 6,165 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,246 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 111 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Belleville and the insurance market
Belleville's very high rating (80th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Belleville's 66.9% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 314 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Belleville. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Belleville, see the exposure-zones guide.