Russell, AR
Russell wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Russell at the 77th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 145 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Russell at the 79th percentile, close to its 77th-percentile risk score.
Where Russell's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Russell: 51.7% of its 145 buildings, versus 48.3% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Russell compares
Russell scores 77th nationally and 71st 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, Russell ranks 7,272 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,062 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 178 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Russell
At the 77th percentile nationally, Russell 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
Russell's 51.7% 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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Russell's 7,272-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Russell, see the exposure-zones guide.