North Little Rock, AR
How exposed is North Little Rock to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, North Little Rock lands at the 58th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 30,054 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, North Little Rock's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 61st percentile nationally.
North Little Rock's building exposure, zone by zone
68.6% of North Little Rock's 30,054 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 10.9% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself. At 30,054 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How North Little Rock compares
North Little Rock ranks lower within Arkansas (39th percentile statewide) than its 58th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, North Little Rock ranks 13,229 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 382 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 376 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
North Little Rock and the insurance market
North Little Rock's elevated wildfire rating (58th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 68.6% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, North Little Rock gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where North Little Rock's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 30,054 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for North Little Rock. The exposure-zones guide covers what North Little Rock's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.