Dell, AR
Dell, AR's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Dell sits at the 1st percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 188 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Dell at the 1st national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Dell's building exposure, zone by zone
87.2% of Dell's 188 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 12.8% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Dell against the rest of the country
Dell scores 1st nationally and 0th within Arkansas — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Dell ranks 31,222 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,307 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 613 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Dell
Dell's low wildfire rating (1st percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Dell
With 87.2% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Dell gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Dell's figures come from
Dell's 1st-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 Dell's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.