Gosnell, AR
Gosnell wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Gosnell lands at the 9th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 1,311 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Gosnell at the 10th percentile, close to its 9th-percentile risk score.
Gosnell's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 76.4% of Gosnell's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 23.7% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Where Gosnell ranks
Gosnell scores 9th nationally and 5th 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, Gosnell ranks 28,575 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,014 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 586 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Gosnell
Gosnell's low wildfire rating (9th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
Even with 76.4% of Gosnell outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Gosnell's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,311 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Gosnell. The exposure-zones guide covers what Gosnell's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.