Widener, AR
Widener, AR's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Widener at the 33rd national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 142 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Widener's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 32nd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS puts 69% of Widener's 142 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 30.3% Direct and 0.7% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Widener ranks
Inside Arkansas, Widener sits at just the 15th percentile even though it scores 33rd nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Widener ranks 21,231 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,190 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 522 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Widener
At the 33rd national percentile, Widener rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Widener
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Widener (69% 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
Widener's 33rd-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 Widener, see the exposure-zones guide.