Marshall, AR
Marshall, AR's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Marshall at the 87th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 1,063 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Marshall at the 90th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Marshall's building exposure, zone by zone
52% of Marshall's 1,063 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 553 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 48% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Marshall against the rest of the country
Marshall's risk sits at a similar level relative to Arkansas (96th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (87th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Marshall ranks 3,959 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,500 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 28 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Marshall and the insurance market
Marshall's very high rating (87th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Marshall's 52% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,063 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Marshall. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Marshall, see the exposure-zones guide.