Tontitown, AR
How exposed is Tontitown to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Tontitown at the 81st national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 2,764 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Tontitown at the 84th national percentile — 3 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
USFS classifies 82.4% of Tontitown's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 17.6% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 2,278 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Tontitown ranks
There's little gap between Tontitown's 81st national percentile and its 84th percentile inside Arkansas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Tontitown ranks 5,950 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,826 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 100 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Tontitown and the insurance market
At the 81st percentile nationally, Tontitown carries the very 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
Tontitown's 82.4% 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.
Where Tontitown's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,764 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Tontitown. The exposure-zones guide covers what Tontitown's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.