Sulphur Springs (Jefferson), AR
How exposed is Sulphur Springs (Jefferson) to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Sulphur Springs (Jefferson) at the 57th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 584 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Sulphur Springs (Jefferson) at the 58th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Sulphur Springs (Jefferson)'s buildings actually sit
100% of Sulphur Springs (Jefferson)'s 584 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 584 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Sulphur Springs (Jefferson) against the rest of the country
Inside Arkansas, Sulphur Springs (Jefferson) sits at just the 38th percentile even though it scores 57th 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, Sulphur Springs (Jefferson) ranks 13,385 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,042 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 382 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Sulphur Springs (Jefferson)
Sulphur Springs (Jefferson)'s elevated rating (57th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
With 100% of Sulphur Springs (Jefferson) 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.
More on how this number was built
Sulphur Springs (Jefferson)'s 57th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Sulphur Springs (Jefferson), see the exposure-zones guide.