Dover, AR
Dover, AR's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Dover at the 77th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 809 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Dover at the 81st percentile, close to its 77th-percentile risk score.
Dover's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Dover's 809 counted buildings, 52.8% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Dover against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Dover's 77th national percentile and its 71st percentile inside Arkansas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Dover ranks 7,238 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,555 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 174 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Dover
At the 77th percentile nationally, Dover 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.
Hardening a home in Dover
With 52.8% of Dover in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Dover's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Dover's 7,238-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Dover's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.