Natural Steps, AR
Natural Steps, AR's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Natural Steps lands at the 68th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 277 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Natural Steps's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 72nd percentile nationally.
Natural Steps's building exposure, zone by zone
277 buildings are counted in Natural Steps, and 100% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Where Natural Steps ranks
Inside Arkansas, Natural Steps sits at just the 53rd percentile even though it scores 68th 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, Natural Steps ranks 9,980 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,285 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 288 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Natural Steps and the insurance market
Natural Steps's high rating (68th 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
Natural Steps's 100% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Natural Steps's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Natural Steps's 9,980-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Natural Steps's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.