Oden, AR
Oden, AR's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Oden's 169 buildings earn a 78th-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.)
Separately from the risk score above, Oden's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 82nd percentile nationally.
Where Oden's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Oden: 100% of its 169 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Oden compares
There's little gap between Oden's 78th national percentile and its 75th percentile inside Arkansas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Oden ranks 6,832 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,057 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 156 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Oden
At the 78th percentile nationally, Oden 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Oden (100%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Oden's 78th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Oden, see the exposure-zones guide.