Bovina, MS
How exposed is Bovina to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Bovina lands at the 50th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 351 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Bovina at the 52nd national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Bovina's buildings actually sit
351 buildings are counted in Bovina, and 95.2% 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.
Bovina against the rest of the country
Bovina's 50th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 19th ranking inside Mississippi does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 31 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bovina ranks 15,787 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,281 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 339 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
At the 50th national percentile, Bovina rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Bovina's 95.2% 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.
More on how this number was built
Bovina's 50th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Bovina, see the exposure-zones guide.