Griffithville, AR
Griffithville wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Griffithville at the 43rd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 167 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Griffithville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 45th percentile nationally.
Griffithville's building exposure, zone by zone
167 buildings are counted in Griffithville, and 69.5% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 30.5% rated Minimal.
Where Griffithville ranks
Inside Arkansas, Griffithville sits at just the 20th percentile even though it scores 43rd nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Griffithville ranks 17,953 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,120 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 492 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
Griffithville's elevated rating (43rd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Griffithville
With 69.5% of Griffithville 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.
Where Griffithville's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Griffithville's 17,953-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Griffithville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.