Vanndale, AR
Vanndale wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Vanndale lands at the 50th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 253 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Vanndale at the 52nd percentile, close to its 50th-percentile risk score.
Vanndale's building exposure, zone by zone
253 buildings are counted in Vanndale, and 54.9% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Vanndale against the rest of the country
Vanndale's 50th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 25th ranking inside Arkansas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 25 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Vanndale ranks 15,778 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,036 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 460 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Vanndale and the insurance market
Vanndale's elevated rating (50th 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 Vanndale
Vanndale's 54.9% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Vanndale's figures come from
Vanndale's 50th-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 Vanndale's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.