Parkin, AR
Parkin wildfire risk explained
Parkin's 607 buildings earn a 13th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Parkin at the 11th percentile, close to its 13th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Parkin rates 73.5% Minimal exposure against just 26.5% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 607 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Where Parkin ranks
There's little gap between Parkin's 13th national percentile and its 6th percentile inside Arkansas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Parkin ranks 27,377 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,725 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 577 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
Parkin's low wildfire rating (13th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Even with 73.5% of Parkin outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Parkin's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 607 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Parkin. The exposure-zones guide covers what Parkin's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.