Gould, AR
Gould, AR's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Gould lands at the 4th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 490 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Gould's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 4th percentile nationally.
Gould's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Gould's buildings (87.8% of 490) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
How Gould compares
Gould scores 4th nationally and 3rd 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, Gould ranks 30,150 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,521 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 598 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Gould
Gould's low wildfire rating (4th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Even with 87.8% of Gould outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Gould's 4th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Gould, see the exposure-zones guide.