Grannis, AR
Grannis wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Grannis lands at the 85th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 477 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Grannis at the 88th national percentile — 4 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 87.6% of Grannis's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 12.4% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 418 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Grannis ranks
There's little gap between Grannis's 85th national percentile and its 92nd percentile inside Arkansas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Grannis ranks 4,875 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,757 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 50 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Grannis's very high rating (85th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 87.6% of Grannis in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Grannis's 4,875-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Grannis, see the exposure-zones guide.