Moorefield, AR
How exposed is Moorefield to wildfire?
Moorefield sits at the 76th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 143 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Moorefield at the 80th percentile, close to its 76th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Moorefield: 90.9% of its 143 buildings, versus 9.1% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Moorefield compares
Moorefield's risk sits at a similar level relative to Arkansas (69th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (76th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Moorefield ranks 7,460 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,144 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 192 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Moorefield
Moorefield'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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 90.9% of Moorefield 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 Moorefield's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Moorefield's 7,460-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Moorefield's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.