Quitman, AR
Quitman wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Quitman lands at the 84th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 584 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Quitman at the 87th percentile, close to its 84th-percentile risk score.
Quitman's building exposure, zone by zone
584 buildings are counted in Quitman, and 52.1% 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.
How Quitman compares
Quitman's risk sits at a similar level relative to Arkansas (90th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (84th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Quitman ranks 5,127 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,041 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 63 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Quitman and the insurance market
Quitman's 84th-percentile, very high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Hardening a home in Quitman
With 52.1% of Quitman 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.
Where Quitman's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 584 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Quitman. The exposure-zones guide covers what Quitman's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.