Boles, AR
Boles wildfire risk explained
Boles's 159 buildings earn a 79th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Boles at the 82nd percentile, close to its 79th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 100% of Boles's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 159 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Boles ranks
Boles's risk sits at a similar level relative to Arkansas (77th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (79th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Boles ranks 6,608 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,465 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 141 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Boles's high rating (79th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Boles'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
Boles's 79th-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 Boles, see the exposure-zones guide.