Clarkedale, AR
Clarkedale wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Clarkedale lands at the 14th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 275 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Clarkedale at the 14th percentile, close to its 14th-percentile risk score.
Clarkedale's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Clarkedale: 50.5% of its 275 buildings, versus 8.7% Indirect and 40.7% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Clarkedale ranks
Clarkedale's risk sits at a similar level relative to Arkansas (7th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (14th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Clarkedale ranks 27,030 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,348 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 574 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Clarkedale
Clarkedale's low rating (14th 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 Clarkedale
Clarkedale's 50.5% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Clarkedale's figures come from
Clarkedale's 14th-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 Clarkedale's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.