Salem (Saline), AR
Salem (Saline), AR's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Salem (Saline)'s 1,538 buildings earn a 68th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Salem (Saline)'s burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 72nd percentile nationally.
Salem (Saline)'s building exposure, zone by zone
1,538 buildings are counted in Salem (Saline), and 65.5% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0.1% rated Minimal.
How Salem (Saline) compares
Salem (Saline)'s 68th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 53rd ranking inside Arkansas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 15 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Salem (Saline) ranks 10,012 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,992 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 290 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Salem (Saline) and the insurance market
At the 68th percentile nationally, Salem (Saline) carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Salem (Saline) (65.5%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Salem (Saline)'s 10,012-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Salem (Saline), see the exposure-zones guide.