Uniontown, AR
How exposed is Uniontown to wildfire?
Uniontown's 129 buildings earn a 93rd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Uniontown's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 95th percentile nationally.
Uniontown's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Uniontown: 100% of its 129 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Uniontown against the rest of the country
Uniontown's risk sits at a similar level relative to Arkansas (99th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (93rd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Uniontown ranks 2,353 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,742 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 5 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Uniontown and the insurance market
At the 93rd percentile nationally, Uniontown 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
With 100% of Uniontown 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 Uniontown's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Uniontown's 2,353-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Uniontown's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.