Woodson, AR
How exposed is Woodson to wildfire?
Woodson's 297 buildings earn a 60th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Woodson's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 61st percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
297 buildings are counted in Woodson, and 80.8% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Woodson against the rest of the country
Woodson's 60th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 41st ranking inside Arkansas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 19 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Woodson ranks 12,660 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,700 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 363 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Woodson
Woodson's elevated rating (60th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 80.8% of Woodson 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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Woodson's 12,660-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Woodson, see the exposure-zones guide.