Norfork, AR
Norfork, AR's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Norfork sits at the 79th 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 503 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Norfork at the 82nd national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Norfork's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Norfork: 74.4% of its 503 buildings, versus 24.9% Indirect and 0.8% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Norfork against the rest of the country
Norfork's risk sits at a similar level relative to Arkansas (78th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (79th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Norfork ranks 6,579 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,278 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 140 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
At the 79th percentile nationally, Norfork 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 74.4% of Norfork 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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Norfork's 6,579-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Norfork, see the exposure-zones guide.