Rivervale, AR
Rivervale, AR's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Rivervale at the 27th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 48 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Rivervale at the 24th percentile, close to its 27th-percentile risk score.
Rivervale's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Rivervale (66.7% of 48 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 33.3% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Rivervale ranks
Rivervale's risk sits at a similar level relative to Arkansas (13th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (27th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rivervale ranks 23,090 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,972 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 537 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Rivervale
Rivervale's moderate wildfire rating (27th 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
Because 66.7% of Rivervale's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Rivervale's 27th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Rivervale, see the exposure-zones guide.