West Memphis, AR
West Memphis, AR's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores West Memphis at the 24th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 10,192 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks West Memphis at the 25th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where West Memphis's buildings actually sit
Only 9% of West Memphis's 10,192 buildings carry Direct exposure and 2.6% carry Indirect; the remaining 88.5% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure. At 10,192 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where West Memphis ranks
West Memphis scores 24th nationally and 11th 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, West Memphis ranks 23,848 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,576 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 546 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in West Memphis
West Memphis's moderate rating (24th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in West Memphis
Even with 88.5% of West Memphis outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where West Memphis's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 10,192 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for West Memphis. The exposure-zones guide covers what West Memphis's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.