Palestine, AR
Palestine, AR's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Palestine's 420 buildings earn a 41st-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Palestine's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 42nd percentile nationally.
Palestine's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 50.2% of Palestine's 420 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 46% Direct and 3.8% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Palestine against the rest of the country
Inside Arkansas, Palestine sits at just the 19th percentile even though it scores 41st nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Palestine ranks 18,677 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,814 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 498 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Palestine and the insurance market
At the 41st national percentile, Palestine rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Palestine
Palestine's 50.2% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Palestine's figures come from
Palestine's 41st-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 Palestine's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.