Roe, AR
How exposed is Roe to wildfire?
Roe's 89 buildings earn a 44th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Roe at the 45th percentile, close to its 44th-percentile risk score.
Where Roe's buildings actually sit
Most of Roe's buildings (50.6%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Roe against the rest of the country
Roe's 44th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 21st ranking inside Arkansas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 23 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Roe ranks 17,637 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,522 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 485 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Roe's elevated rating (44th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Roe
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Roe (50.6% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Roe's 44th-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 Roe, see the exposure-zones guide.