Paragould, AR
How exposed is Paragould to wildfire?
Paragould's 13,240 buildings earn a 49th-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, Paragould's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 51st percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 53.6% of Paragould's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 39.1% Direct and 7.3% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one. At 13,240 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Paragould ranks
Paragould's 49th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 24th ranking inside Arkansas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 24 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Paragould ranks 16,223 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,151 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 466 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
At the 49th national percentile, Paragould 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 Paragould
Paragould's 53.6% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Paragould's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 13,240 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Paragould. The exposure-zones guide covers what Paragould's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.