Hensley, AR
How exposed is Hensley to wildfire?
Hensley's 115 buildings earn a 59th-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.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Hensley at the 60th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Hensley's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Hensley's 115 counted buildings, 80% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Hensley against the rest of the country
Hensley's 59th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 40th ranking inside Arkansas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 19 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hensley ranks 12,975 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,396 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 371 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Hensley
Hensley's elevated wildfire rating (59th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Hensley
Because Direct exposure dominates in Hensley (80%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Hensley's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Hensley's 12,975-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Hensley's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.