Center Ridge, AR
Center Ridge wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Center Ridge at the 83rd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 405 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 Center Ridge at the 87th percentile, close to its 83rd-percentile risk score.
Where Center Ridge's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 97.3% of Center Ridge's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 2.7% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 394 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Center Ridge ranks
Center Ridge scores 83rd nationally and 89th 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, Center Ridge ranks 5,345 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,114 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 67 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Center Ridge
At the 83rd percentile nationally, Center Ridge 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.
Hardening a home in Center Ridge
Center Ridge's 97.3% 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 405 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Center Ridge. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Center Ridge, see the exposure-zones guide.