Evansville, AR
How exposed is Evansville to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Evansville lands at the 96th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 116 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Evansville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 97th percentile nationally.
Evansville's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 100% of Evansville's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 116 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Evansville against the rest of the country
Evansville's risk sits at a similar level relative to Arkansas (100th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (96th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Evansville ranks 1,406 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,344 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 1 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Evansville and the insurance market
Evansville's very high rating (96th 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.
Hardening a home in Evansville
Because Direct exposure dominates in Evansville (100%), 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
Evansville's 96th-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 Evansville, see the exposure-zones guide.