Delaplaine, AR
How exposed is Delaplaine to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Delaplaine at the 47th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 131 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Delaplaine's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 49th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS puts 74.8% of Delaplaine's 131 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 25.2% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How Delaplaine compares
Delaplaine's 47th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 23rd 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, Delaplaine ranks 16,691 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,652 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 474 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
Delaplaine's elevated rating (47th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Delaplaine's 74.8% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Delaplaine's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 131 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Delaplaine. The exposure-zones guide covers what Delaplaine's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.