Ogden, AR
Ogden, AR's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Ogden sits at the 67th 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 116 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Ogden at the 69th percentile, close to its 67th-percentile risk score.
Ogden's building exposure, zone by zone
75.9% of Ogden's 116 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 88 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 24.1% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How Ogden compares
Ogden's 67th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 52nd ranking inside Arkansas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 15 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Ogden ranks 10,358 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,346 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 297 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Ogden and the insurance market
Ogden's 67th-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 75.9% of Ogden 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.
Where Ogden's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Ogden's 10,358-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Ogden's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.