Staves, AR
Staves wildfire risk explained
Staves's 127 buildings earn a 53rd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Staves at the 54th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Staves's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Staves's 127 counted buildings, 100% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Staves against the rest of the country
Staves's 53rd national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 29th ranking inside Arkansas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 24 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Staves ranks 14,929 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,838 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 438 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Staves
Staves's elevated rating (53rd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Staves
With 100% of Staves 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 Staves's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Staves's 14,929-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Staves's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.