Magazine, AR
Magazine wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Magazine at the 79th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 540 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Magazine's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 83rd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in Magazine (56.7% of 540 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 43.3% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Magazine ranks
There's little gap between Magazine's 79th national percentile and its 78th percentile inside Arkansas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Magazine ranks 6,578 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,715 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 139 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Magazine and the insurance market
Magazine's high rating (79th 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.
Hardening a home in Magazine
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Magazine (56.7% 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 Magazine's 6,578-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Magazine, see the exposure-zones guide.