Cherokee Village, AR
Cherokee Village, AR's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Cherokee Village lands at the 73rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 2,871 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Cherokee Village at the 76th percentile, close to its 73rd-percentile risk score.
Cherokee Village's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Cherokee Village: 93.6% of its 2,871 buildings, versus 3.8% Indirect and 2.6% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Cherokee Village ranks
Cherokee Village's risk sits at a similar level relative to Arkansas (59th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (73rd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Cherokee Village ranks 8,623 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,626 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 249 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Cherokee Village
Cherokee Village's 73rd-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Cherokee Village (93.6%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,871 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Cherokee Village. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Cherokee Village, see the exposure-zones guide.