Norphlet, AR
How exposed is Norphlet to wildfire?
Norphlet's 578 buildings earn a 52nd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Norphlet at the 54th percentile, close to its 52nd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
578 buildings are counted in Norphlet, and 54.8% 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.
Norphlet against the rest of the country
Norphlet's 52nd national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 28th ranking inside Arkansas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 24 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Norphlet ranks 15,054 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,124 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 445 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
Norphlet's elevated wildfire rating (52nd percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 54.8% of Norphlet 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
Norphlet's 52nd-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 Norphlet, see the exposure-zones guide.