Harrison, AR
Harrison, AR's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Harrison's 6,430 buildings earn a 76th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Harrison's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 79th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
61.4% of Harrison's 6,430 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 27.3% Direct and 11.3% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone. At 6,430 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Harrison ranks
Harrison scores 76th nationally and 68th 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, Harrison ranks 7,554 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,695 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 198 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Harrison and the insurance market
Harrison's high rating (76th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Harrison's 61.4% 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
Harrison's 76th-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 Harrison, see the exposure-zones guide.