Harrisburg, AR
Harrisburg, AR's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Harrisburg's 1,237 buildings earn a 48th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Harrisburg at the 50th percentile, close to its 48th-percentile risk score.
Harrisburg's building exposure, zone by zone
67.8% of Harrisburg's 1,237 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 32.2% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Harrisburg against the rest of the country
Harrisburg's 48th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 24th ranking inside Arkansas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 24 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Harrisburg ranks 16,410 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,425 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 468 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
Harrisburg's elevated rating (48th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Harrisburg's 67.8% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Harrisburg's 48th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Harrisburg, see the exposure-zones guide.