Wilmar, AR
How exposed is Wilmar to wildfire?
Wilmar sits at the 57th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 408 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Wilmar at the 57th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Wilmar's buildings actually sit
58.1% of Wilmar's 408 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 41.9% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Wilmar ranks
Inside Arkansas, Wilmar sits at just the 38th percentile even though it scores 57th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Wilmar ranks 13,386 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,064 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 383 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
Wilmar's elevated rating (57th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 58.1% of Wilmar's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Wilmar's figures come from
Wilmar's 57th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Wilmar's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.