McCaskill, AR
McCaskill, AR's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
McCaskill sits at the 62nd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 70 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts McCaskill at the 65th percentile, close to its 62nd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
70 buildings are counted in McCaskill, and 100% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Where McCaskill ranks
Inside Arkansas, McCaskill sits at just the 45th percentile even though it scores 62nd nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, McCaskill ranks 11,965 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,266 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 340 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
McCaskill's 62nd-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
Because Direct exposure dominates in McCaskill (100%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
McCaskill's 62nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond McCaskill, see the exposure-zones guide.