Calico Rock, AR
Calico Rock wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Calico Rock at the 82nd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 818 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Calico Rock's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 85th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
818 buildings are counted in Calico Rock, and 64.4% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0.1% rated Minimal.
Where Calico Rock ranks
Calico Rock's risk sits at a similar level relative to Arkansas (88th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (82nd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Calico Rock ranks 5,568 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,468 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 72 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Calico Rock
Calico Rock's very high rating (82nd 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
Calico Rock's 64.4% 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 818 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Calico Rock. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Calico Rock, see the exposure-zones guide.