Cabot, AR
How exposed is Cabot to wildfire?
Cabot's 10,800 buildings earn a 67th-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.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Cabot at the 71st percentile, close to its 67th-percentile risk score.
Where Cabot's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Cabot (59.3% of 10,800 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 37.5% sit in the Direct zone. At 10,800 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Cabot against the rest of the country
Cabot's 67th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 52nd ranking inside Arkansas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 15 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Cabot ranks 10,327 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,467 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 295 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Cabot
At the 67th percentile nationally, Cabot carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Hardening a home in Cabot
Cabot's 59.3% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Cabot's figures come from
Cabot's 67th-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 Cabot's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.