Kingston, AR
How exposed is Kingston to wildfire?
Kingston sits at the 82nd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 156 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Kingston at the 84th percentile, close to its 82nd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 96.8% of Kingston's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 3.2% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 151 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Kingston against the rest of the country
Kingston scores 82nd nationally and 87th 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, Kingston ranks 5,694 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,601 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 82 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
Kingston's very high rating (82nd 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 96.8% of Kingston 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
Kingston's 82nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Kingston, see the exposure-zones guide.