Genoa, AR
How exposed is Genoa to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Genoa at the 73rd national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 791 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Genoa at the 74th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Genoa: 96.7% of its 791 buildings, versus 3.3% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Genoa ranks
There's little gap between Genoa's 73rd national percentile and its 61st percentile inside Arkansas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Genoa ranks 8,403 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,716 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 239 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Genoa and the insurance market
Genoa's high rating (73rd 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 96.7% of Genoa 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 Genoa's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 791 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Genoa. The exposure-zones guide covers what Genoa's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.