Greers Ferry, AR
Greers Ferry, AR's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Greers Ferry at the 78th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 1,031 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Greers Ferry's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 82nd percentile nationally.
Greers Ferry's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Greers Ferry: 93.3% of its 1,031 buildings, versus 6.5% Indirect and 0.2% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Greers Ferry compares
Greers Ferry's risk sits at a similar level relative to Arkansas (75th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (78th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Greers Ferry ranks 6,830 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,716 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 154 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
Greers Ferry's high rating (78th 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 Greers Ferry
Because Direct exposure dominates in Greers Ferry (93.3%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Greers Ferry's 6,830-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Greers Ferry, see the exposure-zones guide.