Earle, AR
Earle, AR's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Earle at the 10th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 975 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 Earle at the 9th percentile, close to its 10th-percentile risk score.
Where Earle's buildings actually sit
82.1% of Earle's 975 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 18% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Earle against the rest of the country
Earle scores 10th nationally and 5th within Arkansas — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Earle ranks 28,417 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,102 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 583 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Earle
Earle's low rating (10th 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
With 82.1% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Earle gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 975 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Earle. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Earle, see the exposure-zones guide.