Denning, AR
Denning wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Denning lands at the 77th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 163 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 Denning at the 81st percentile, close to its 77th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
96.9% of Denning's 163 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 158 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 3.1% are Minimal.
Where Denning ranks
Denning's risk sits at a similar level relative to Arkansas (72nd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (77th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Denning ranks 7,237 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,273 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 173 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Denning and the insurance market
At the 77th percentile nationally, Denning carries the 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Denning (96.9%), 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Denning's 7,237-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Denning, see the exposure-zones guide.