Sweet Home, AR
Sweet Home wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Sweet Home lands at the 55th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 718 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Sweet Home at the 56th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Sweet Home: 64.1% of its 718 buildings, versus 35.9% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Sweet Home ranks
Sweet Home's 55th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 32nd ranking inside Arkansas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 23 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Sweet Home ranks 14,206 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,471 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 420 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Sweet Home and the insurance market
At the 55th national percentile, Sweet Home rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Sweet Home
With 64.1% of Sweet Home 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 Sweet Home's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 718 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Sweet Home. The exposure-zones guide covers what Sweet Home's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.