Corning, AR
Corning wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Corning lands at the 33rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 2,088 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Corning's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 34th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 79.1% of Corning's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 17.2% Direct and 3.7% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Where Corning ranks
Inside Arkansas, Corning sits at just the 15th percentile even though it scores 33rd nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Corning ranks 21,230 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,226 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 521 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Corning
Corning's moderate rating (33rd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Corning
Corning's 79.1% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Corning's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,088 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Corning. The exposure-zones guide covers what Corning's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.