Des Arc, AR
Des Arc wildfire risk explained
Des Arc's 1,013 buildings earn a 53rd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Des Arc's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 54th percentile nationally.
Where Des Arc's buildings actually sit
Most of Des Arc's buildings (42.7%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
How Des Arc compares
Des Arc ranks lower within Arkansas (29th percentile statewide) than its 53rd national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Des Arc ranks 14,896 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,841 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 436 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
At the 53rd national percentile, Des Arc rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 42.7% of Des Arc's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Des Arc's 14,896-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Des Arc, see the exposure-zones guide.