Mount Vernon, AR
Mount Vernon, AR's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Mount Vernon's 135 buildings earn a 84th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Mount Vernon at the 88th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Mount Vernon's 135 counted buildings, 93.3% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Mount Vernon against the rest of the country
Mount Vernon scores 84th nationally and 91st 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, Mount Vernon ranks 4,938 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,479 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 54 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Mount Vernon and the insurance market
Mount Vernon's very high rating (84th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 93.3% of Mount Vernon 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 Mount Vernon's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 135 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Mount Vernon. The exposure-zones guide covers what Mount Vernon's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.