Rose Bud, AR
Rose Bud, AR's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Rose Bud at the 85th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 465 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Rose Bud at the 88th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Rose Bud's buildings actually sit
465 buildings are counted in Rose Bud, and 88% 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.
Where Rose Bud ranks
Rose Bud scores 85th nationally and 93rd within Arkansas — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rose Bud ranks 4,748 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,973 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 47 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Rose Bud and the insurance market
At the 85th percentile nationally, Rose Bud carries the very 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
Rose Bud's 88% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Rose Bud's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Rose Bud's 4,748-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Rose Bud's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.