Lafe, AR
How exposed is Lafe to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Lafe at the 53rd national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 294 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Lafe at the 55th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Lafe's buildings actually sit
96.3% of Lafe's 294 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 283 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 3.7% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Lafe against the rest of the country
Inside Arkansas, Lafe sits at just the 28th percentile even though it scores 53rd nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lafe ranks 14,962 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,780 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 440 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Lafe and the insurance market
At the 53rd national percentile, Lafe rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Lafe
With 96.3% of Lafe 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 Lafe's figures come from
Lafe's 53rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Lafe's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.