Baldwyn, MS
Baldwyn, MS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Baldwyn's 1,851 buildings earn a 64th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Baldwyn at the 67th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Baldwyn's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 70.6% of Baldwyn's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 29.4% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 1,307 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Baldwyn compares
Inside Mississippi, Baldwyn sits at just the 43rd percentile even though it scores 64th 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, Baldwyn ranks 11,223 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,905 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 239 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Mississippi on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Baldwyn's 64th-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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 70.6% of Baldwyn in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Baldwyn's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Baldwyn's 11,223-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Baldwyn's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.