Diamond City, AR
How exposed is Diamond City to wildfire?
Diamond City sits at the 79th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 751 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Diamond City at the 81st national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Diamond City's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 56.3% of Diamond City's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 42.6% Indirect share and far above its 1.1% Minimal share — a profile where 423 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Diamond City ranks
There's little gap between Diamond City's 79th national percentile and its 76th percentile inside Arkansas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Diamond City ranks 6,702 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,110 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 149 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Diamond City and the insurance market
Diamond City's high rating (79th 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
Diamond City's 56.3% 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.
Where Diamond City's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Diamond City's 6,702-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Diamond City's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.