McAlmont, AR
McAlmont wildfire risk explained
McAlmont's 1,174 buildings earn a 54th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, McAlmont's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 58th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Only 42.2% of McAlmont's 1,174 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0.9% carry Indirect; the remaining 57% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
How McAlmont compares
McAlmont's 54th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 31st ranking inside Arkansas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 23 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, McAlmont ranks 14,362 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,799 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 422 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
McAlmont's elevated rating (54th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Even with 57% of McAlmont outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where McAlmont's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind McAlmont's 14,362-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what McAlmont's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.