Bobo, MS
How exposed is Bobo to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Bobo lands at the 35th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 92 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Bobo at the 34th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Bobo's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Bobo (73.9% of 92 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 25% sit in the Direct zone.
How Bobo compares
Bobo's 35th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 12th ranking inside Mississippi does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 24 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bobo ranks 20,355 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,407 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 370 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
Bobo's moderate rating (35th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 73.9% of Bobo's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Bobo's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Bobo's 20,355-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Bobo's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.