Perry, AR
Perry, AR's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Perry at the 75th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 161 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Perry's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 79th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
59.6% of Perry's 161 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 40.4% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Perry against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Perry's 75th national percentile and its 66th percentile inside Arkansas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Perry ranks 7,750 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,367 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 209 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Perry
Perry's 75th-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.
Hardening a home in Perry
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Perry (59.6% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Perry's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Perry's 7,750-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Perry's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.