O'Kean, AR
How exposed is O'Kean to wildfire?
O'Kean sits at the 37th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 180 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, O'Kean's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 38th percentile nationally.
O'Kean's building exposure, zone by zone
180 buildings are counted in O'Kean, and 57.8% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 42.2% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where O'Kean ranks
O'Kean ranks lower within Arkansas (17th percentile statewide) than its 37th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, O'Kean ranks 19,750 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,610 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 508 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
O'Kean and the insurance market
O'Kean's moderate rating (37th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 57.8% of O'Kean's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind O'Kean's 19,750-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond O'Kean, see the exposure-zones guide.