Dardanelle, AR
Dardanelle, AR's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Dardanelle's 1,898 buildings earn a 69th-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.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Dardanelle at the 74th percentile, close to its 69th-percentile risk score.
Where Dardanelle's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Dardanelle (78.5% of 1,898 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 21.5% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Dardanelle ranks
There's little gap between Dardanelle's 69th national percentile and its 55th percentile inside Arkansas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Dardanelle ranks 9,633 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,773 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 280 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Dardanelle
At the 69th percentile nationally, Dardanelle 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.
Hardening a home in Dardanelle
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Dardanelle (78.5% 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Dardanelle's 9,633-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Dardanelle, see the exposure-zones guide.