Twin Groves, AR
Twin Groves wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Twin Groves at the 80th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 243 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Twin Groves's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 83rd percentile nationally.
Twin Groves's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Twin Groves: 98.4% of its 243 buildings, versus 1.7% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Twin Groves compares
Twin Groves's risk sits at a similar level relative to Arkansas (79th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (80th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Twin Groves ranks 6,450 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,351 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 129 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Twin Groves and the insurance market
Twin Groves's high rating (80th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Twin Groves
With 98.4% of Twin Groves 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.
Where Twin Groves's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Twin Groves's 6,450-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Twin Groves's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.