Newhope, AR
Newhope wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Newhope at the 74th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 232 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Newhope's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 77th percentile nationally.
Where Newhope's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Newhope: 100% of its 232 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Newhope against the rest of the country
Newhope's risk sits at a similar level relative to Arkansas (62nd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (74th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Newhope ranks 8,312 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,723 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 234 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Newhope and the insurance market
At the 74th percentile nationally, Newhope carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Hardening a home in Newhope
Newhope'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.
More on how this number was built
Newhope's 74th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Newhope, see the exposure-zones guide.