Calion, AR
Calion, AR's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Calion at the 53rd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 326 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Calion at the 54th percentile, close to its 53rd-percentile risk score.
Calion's building exposure, zone by zone
50.3% of Calion's 326 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 164 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 46.3% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 3.4% are Minimal.
Where Calion ranks
Calion's 53rd national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 29th ranking inside Arkansas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 24 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Calion ranks 14,895 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,909 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 435 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
Calion's elevated wildfire rating (53rd percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
Calion's 50.3% 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 326 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Calion. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Calion, see the exposure-zones guide.