Blue Springs, MS
How exposed is Blue Springs to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Blue Springs lands at the 69th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 293 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Blue Springs at the 72nd national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Blue Springs's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Blue Springs: 99.3% of its 293 buildings, versus 0.7% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Blue Springs ranks
Blue Springs's risk sits at a similar level relative to Mississippi (54th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (69th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Blue Springs ranks 9,739 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,823 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 191 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Mississippi on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Blue Springs
Blue Springs's 69th-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
Because Direct exposure dominates in Blue Springs (99.3%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 293 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Blue Springs. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Blue Springs, see the exposure-zones guide.