Berryville, AR
Berryville wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Berryville at the 73rd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 2,667 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Berryville at the 76th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
2,667 buildings are counted in Berryville, and 61.3% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 38.7% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Berryville ranks
There's little gap between Berryville's 73rd national percentile and its 61st percentile inside Arkansas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Berryville ranks 8,435 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,984 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 242 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Berryville and the insurance market
At the 73rd percentile nationally, Berryville carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 61.3% of Berryville'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 Berryville's figures come from
Berryville's 73rd-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 Berryville's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.