Huntsville, AR
Huntsville wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Huntsville at the 81st national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 1,349 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 Huntsville at the 83rd percentile, close to its 81st-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
1,349 buildings are counted in Huntsville, and 50.6% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Where Huntsville ranks
Huntsville scores 81st nationally and 82nd 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, Huntsville ranks 6,134 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,832 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 110 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Huntsville
At the 81st percentile nationally, Huntsville carries the very high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 50.6% of Huntsville 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 Huntsville's figures come from
Huntsville's 81st-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 Huntsville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.