Wiederkehr Village, AR
Wiederkehr Village wildfire risk explained
Wiederkehr Village's 60 buildings earn a 79th-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, Wiederkehr Village's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 83rd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Wiederkehr Village's 60 counted buildings, 100% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Wiederkehr Village compares
Wiederkehr Village's risk sits at a similar level relative to Arkansas (77th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (79th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Wiederkehr Village ranks 6,643 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,643 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 145 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Wiederkehr Village and the insurance market
At the 79th percentile nationally, Wiederkehr Village 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
With 100% of Wiederkehr Village 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 Wiederkehr Village's figures come from
Wiederkehr Village's 79th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Wiederkehr Village's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.