Lonsdale, AR
How exposed is Lonsdale to wildfire?
Lonsdale's 75 buildings earn a 71st-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Lonsdale at the 74th percentile, close to its 71st-percentile risk score.
Lonsdale's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 74.7% of Lonsdale's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 25.3% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 56 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Lonsdale against the rest of the country
Lonsdale scores 71st nationally and 56th 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, Lonsdale ranks 9,158 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,073 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 266 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Lonsdale and the insurance market
Lonsdale's 71st-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 74.7% of Lonsdale 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 Lonsdale's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 75 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Lonsdale. The exposure-zones guide covers what Lonsdale's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.