Murfreesboro, AR
Murfreesboro, AR's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Murfreesboro lands at the 60th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 1,058 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Murfreesboro at the 63rd percentile, close to its 60th-percentile risk score.
Where Murfreesboro's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Murfreesboro (53.7% of 1,058 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 46.3% sit in the Direct zone.
How Murfreesboro compares
Murfreesboro's 60th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 42nd ranking inside Arkansas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 18 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Murfreesboro ranks 12,469 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,535 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 355 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Murfreesboro's high rating (60th 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
Murfreesboro's 53.7% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,058 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Murfreesboro. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Murfreesboro, see the exposure-zones guide.