Franklin, AR
Franklin wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Franklin at the 80th national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 203 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Franklin's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 84th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
203 buildings are counted in Franklin, and 100% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Franklin against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Franklin's 80th national percentile and its 81st percentile inside Arkansas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Franklin ranks 6,263 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,717 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 117 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Franklin
Franklin's very high rating (80th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Franklin
Franklin's 100% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Franklin's figures come from
Franklin's 80th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Franklin's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.