Mountainburg, AR
How exposed is Mountainburg to wildfire?
USFS scores Mountainburg at the 88th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 399 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Mountainburg at the 90th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Mountainburg's buildings actually sit
Of Mountainburg's 399 counted buildings, 88% 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.
Mountainburg against the rest of the country
Mountainburg's risk sits at a similar level relative to Arkansas (96th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (88th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mountainburg ranks 3,927 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,221 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 27 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Mountainburg and the insurance market
At the 88th percentile nationally, Mountainburg carries the very high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Mountainburg (88%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Mountainburg's figures come from
Mountainburg's 88th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Mountainburg's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.