McGehee, AR
How exposed is McGehee to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, McGehee lands at the 19th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 2,428 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks McGehee at the 18th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where McGehee's buildings actually sit
75% of McGehee's 2,428 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 24.8% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
How McGehee compares
There's little gap between McGehee's 19th national percentile and its 9th percentile inside Arkansas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, McGehee ranks 25,675 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,441 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 561 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in McGehee
McGehee's low rating (19th 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
McGehee's 75% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where McGehee's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind McGehee's 25,675-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what McGehee's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.