Rockwell, AR
Rockwell, AR's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Rockwell at the 63rd national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 2,395 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Rockwell's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 66th percentile nationally.
Rockwell's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 50.3% of Rockwell's 2,395 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 42.8% Direct and 6.9% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How Rockwell compares
Rockwell ranks lower within Arkansas (47th percentile statewide) than its 63rd national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rockwell ranks 11,744 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,523 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 328 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Rockwell
Rockwell's 63rd-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 Rockwell
Rockwell's 50.3% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Rockwell's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,395 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Rockwell. The exposure-zones guide covers what Rockwell's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.