Tupelo, AR
Tupelo wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Tupelo at the 20th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 100 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Tupelo's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 20th percentile nationally.
Tupelo's building exposure, zone by zone
Only 20% of Tupelo's 100 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 80% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Where Tupelo ranks
Tupelo scores 20th nationally and 9th within Arkansas — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Tupelo ranks 25,296 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,018 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 557 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Tupelo
Tupelo's low rating (20th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 80% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Tupelo gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Tupelo's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Tupelo's 25,296-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Tupelo's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.