Lake View, AR
Lake View, AR's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Lake View at the 6th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 209 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Lake View at the 6th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Lake View's buildings actually sit
Most of Lake View's buildings (58.9% of 209) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Where Lake View ranks
Lake View's risk sits at a similar level relative to Arkansas (4th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (6th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lake View ranks 29,520 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,503 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 592 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Lake View and the insurance market
Lake View's low rating (6th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 58.9% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Lake View gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 209 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Lake View. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Lake View, see the exposure-zones guide.