Pineville, AR
Pineville, AR's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Pineville at the 81st national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 196 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Pineville at the 85th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Pineville's building exposure, zone by zone
196 buildings are counted in Pineville, and 98.5% 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.
Pineville against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Pineville's 81st national percentile and its 86th percentile inside Arkansas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Pineville ranks 5,853 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,986 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 90 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Pineville
Pineville's very high rating (81st 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
Because Direct exposure dominates in Pineville (98.5%), 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
Pineville's 81st-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 Pineville, see the exposure-zones guide.