Board Camp, AR
Board Camp, AR's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Board Camp sits at the 82nd 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 134 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Board Camp's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 86th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Board Camp: 100% of its 134 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Board Camp ranks
Board Camp scores 82nd nationally and 86th within Arkansas — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Board Camp ranks 5,788 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,525 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 87 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Board Camp and the insurance market
At the 82nd percentile nationally, Board Camp carries the very 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Board Camp'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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 134 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Board Camp. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Board Camp, see the exposure-zones guide.