Flippin, AR
Flippin wildfire risk explained
Flippin's 812 buildings earn a 81st-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Flippin at the 84th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Flippin's buildings actually sit
64.5% of Flippin's 812 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 35.5% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Flippin ranks
Flippin scores 81st nationally and 85th within Arkansas — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Flippin ranks 5,913 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,531 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 96 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Flippin and the insurance market
At the 81st percentile nationally, Flippin carries the very 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Flippin (64.5% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 812 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Flippin. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Flippin, see the exposure-zones guide.