Mayflower, AR
Mayflower, AR's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Mayflower's 1,363 buildings earn a 70th-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 Mayflower at the 73rd percentile, close to its 70th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Mayflower: 52.5% of its 1,363 buildings, versus 42.2% Indirect and 5.3% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Mayflower against the rest of the country
Mayflower scores 70th 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, Mayflower ranks 9,413 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,770 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 274 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Mayflower and the insurance market
Mayflower's high rating (70th 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 Mayflower
With 52.5% of Mayflower 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 Mayflower's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Mayflower's 9,413-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Mayflower's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.