Parkdale, AR
Parkdale, AR's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Parkdale at the 28th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 170 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Parkdale at the 28th percentile, close to its 28th-percentile risk score.
Where Parkdale's buildings actually sit
52.4% of Parkdale's 170 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 47.7% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Parkdale against the rest of the country
Parkdale's risk sits at a similar level relative to Arkansas (13th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (28th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Parkdale ranks 22,744 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,009 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 532 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Parkdale and the insurance market
Parkdale's moderate rating (28th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Parkdale
Because 52.4% of Parkdale'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.
Where Parkdale's figures come from
Parkdale's 28th-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 Parkdale's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.