Blevins, AR
How exposed is Blevins to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Blevins at the 61st national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 222 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Blevins's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 63rd percentile nationally.
Where Blevins's buildings actually sit
222 buildings are counted in Blevins, and 71.6% 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.
How Blevins compares
Blevins's 61st national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 44th ranking inside Arkansas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 18 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Blevins ranks 12,217 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,042 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 346 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Blevins
Blevins's 61st-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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Blevins (71.6%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Blevins's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 222 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Blevins. The exposure-zones guide covers what Blevins's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.