Cushman, AR
Cushman, AR's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Cushman at the 80th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 325 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Cushman at the 83rd percentile, close to its 80th-percentile risk score.
Cushman's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 81.9% of Cushman's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 18.2% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 266 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Cushman compares
There's little gap between Cushman's 80th national percentile and its 80th percentile inside Arkansas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Cushman ranks 6,388 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,948 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 122 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Cushman and the insurance market
Cushman's 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Cushman (81.9%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Cushman's 80th-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 Cushman, see the exposure-zones guide.