Pottsville, AR
Pottsville, AR's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Pottsville sits at the 78th 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 1,778 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Pottsville at the 82nd percentile, close to its 78th-percentile risk score.
Where Pottsville's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Pottsville: 93.8% of its 1,778 buildings, versus 6.2% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Pottsville compares
Pottsville's risk sits at a similar level relative to Arkansas (75th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (78th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Pottsville ranks 6,833 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,127 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 157 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 78th percentile nationally, Pottsville 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 93.8% of Pottsville 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.
More on how this number was built
Pottsville's 78th-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 Pottsville, see the exposure-zones guide.