Witts Springs, AR
Witts Springs wildfire risk explained
Witts Springs sits at the 89th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 74 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Witts Springs's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 91st percentile nationally.
Witts Springs's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 100% of Witts Springs's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 74 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Witts Springs ranks
There's little gap between Witts Springs's 89th national percentile and its 98th percentile inside Arkansas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Witts Springs ranks 3,518 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,117 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 15 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Witts Springs and the insurance market
Witts Springs's very high rating (89th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Witts Springs
Witts Springs's 100% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
Witts Springs's 89th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Witts Springs, see the exposure-zones guide.