New Blaine, AR
New Blaine wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts New Blaine at the 69th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 194 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, New Blaine's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 72nd percentile nationally.
New Blaine's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in New Blaine: 100% of its 194 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
New Blaine against the rest of the country
There's little gap between New Blaine's 69th national percentile and its 54th percentile inside Arkansas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, New Blaine ranks 9,820 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,052 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 283 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in New Blaine
At the 69th percentile nationally, New Blaine carries the 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.
Hardening a home in New Blaine
New Blaine's 100% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where New Blaine's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 194 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for New Blaine. The exposure-zones guide covers what New Blaine's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.