Imboden, AR
How exposed is Imboden to wildfire?
Imboden's 451 buildings earn a 73rd-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.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Imboden at the 76th national percentile — 4 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Imboden's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Imboden (50.8% of 451 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 49.2% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Imboden ranks
There's little gap between Imboden's 73rd national percentile and its 60th percentile inside Arkansas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Imboden ranks 8,625 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,246 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 251 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Imboden's 73rd-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Hardening a home in Imboden
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Imboden (50.8% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 451 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Imboden. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Imboden, see the exposure-zones guide.