Hamburg, AR
How exposed is Hamburg to wildfire?
USFS scores Hamburg at the 56th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 1,491 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Hamburg at the 56th percentile, close to its 56th-percentile risk score.
Where Hamburg's buildings actually sit
Most of Hamburg's buildings (86.9%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
How Hamburg compares
Hamburg's 56th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 35th ranking inside Arkansas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 21 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hamburg ranks 13,797 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,208 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 399 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
At the 56th national percentile, Hamburg rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 86.9% of Hamburg's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Hamburg's figures come from
Hamburg's 56th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Hamburg's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.