Plumerville, AR
Plumerville wildfire risk explained
Plumerville sits at the 77th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 491 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Plumerville at the 81st national percentile — 4 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Plumerville's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Plumerville (52.1% of 491 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 47.9% sit in the Direct zone.
How Plumerville compares
There's little gap between Plumerville's 77th national percentile and its 72nd percentile inside Arkansas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Plumerville ranks 7,241 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,506 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 177 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Plumerville and the insurance market
At the 77th percentile nationally, Plumerville 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 52.1% of Plumerville's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Plumerville's 77th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Plumerville, see the exposure-zones guide.