Taylor, AR
Taylor, AR's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Taylor sits at the 66th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 371 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Taylor at the 66th percentile, close to its 66th-percentile risk score.
Taylor's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Taylor's buildings (60.4%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Taylor against the rest of the country
Taylor's 66th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 50th ranking inside Arkansas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 16 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Taylor ranks 10,734 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,830 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 308 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Taylor
At the 66th percentile nationally, Taylor 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Taylor (60.4% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Taylor's figures come from
Taylor's 66th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Taylor's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.