Hermitage, AR
Hermitage, AR's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Hermitage at the 57th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 339 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Hermitage at the 57th percentile, close to its 57th-percentile risk score.
Where Hermitage's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Hermitage (67.6% of 339 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 32.5% sit in the Direct zone.
Hermitage against the rest of the country
Hermitage's 57th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 36th 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, Hermitage ranks 13,668 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,587 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 395 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Hermitage
Hermitage's elevated wildfire rating (57th 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
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Hermitage (67.6% 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Hermitage's 13,668-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Hermitage, see the exposure-zones guide.