Ackerman, MS
Ackerman wildfire risk explained
Ackerman sits at the 65th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 843 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Ackerman at the 67th percentile, close to its 65th-percentile risk score.
Where Ackerman's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Ackerman: 70.3% of its 843 buildings, versus 29.7% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Ackerman ranks
Inside Mississippi, Ackerman sits at just the 45th percentile even though it scores 65th 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, Ackerman ranks 11,002 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,222 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 232 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Mississippi on its state page.
Ackerman and the insurance market
Ackerman's 65th-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Hardening a home in Ackerman
Ackerman's 70.3% 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 Ackerman's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 843 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Ackerman. The exposure-zones guide covers what Ackerman's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.