Yellville, AR
Yellville, AR's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Yellville's 806 buildings earn a 81st-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Yellville at the 84th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Yellville's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Yellville: 57.7% of its 806 buildings, versus 42.3% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Yellville ranks
There's little gap between Yellville's 81st national percentile and its 84th percentile inside Arkansas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Yellville ranks 5,951 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,580 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 101 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Yellville
Yellville's very high rating (81st 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Yellville's 57.7% 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.
Where Yellville's figures come from
Yellville's 81st-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 Yellville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.