Reader, AR
How exposed is Reader to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Reader lands at the 55th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 49 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Reader at the 57th percentile, close to its 55th-percentile risk score.
Reader's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Reader: 100% of its 49 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Reader ranks
Reader ranks lower within Arkansas (33rd percentile statewide) than its 55th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Reader ranks 14,107 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,947 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 412 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Reader and the insurance market
Reader's elevated wildfire rating (55th 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.
Hardening a home in Reader
With 100% of Reader 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
Reader's 55th-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 Reader, see the exposure-zones guide.