Weldon, AR
Weldon wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Weldon at the 37th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 58 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Weldon's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 38th percentile nationally.
Where Weldon's buildings actually sit
Only 41.4% of Weldon's 58 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 58.6% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
How Weldon compares
Weldon ranks lower within Arkansas (17th percentile statewide) than its 37th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Weldon ranks 20,003 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,700 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 511 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Weldon's moderate wildfire rating (37th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Weldon's 58.6% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Weldon's 20,003-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Weldon, see the exposure-zones guide.