Rison, AR
Rison wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Rison at the 52nd national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 727 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Rison at the 53rd percentile, close to its 52nd-percentile risk score.
Rison's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 64.9% of Rison's 727 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 35.1% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Rison against the rest of the country
Inside Arkansas, Rison sits at just the 28th percentile even though it scores 52nd nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rison ranks 15,022 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,369 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 442 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Rison and the insurance market
At the 52nd national percentile, Rison rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Rison (64.9% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Rison's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 727 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Rison. The exposure-zones guide covers what Rison's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.