Braxton, MS
Braxton, MS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Braxton sits at the 70th 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 136 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 Braxton at the 72nd percentile, close to its 70th-percentile risk score.
Braxton's building exposure, zone by zone
136 buildings are counted in Braxton, and 86.8% 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.
Braxton against the rest of the country
Braxton's risk sits at a similar level relative to Mississippi (59th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (70th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Braxton ranks 9,387 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,448 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 173 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Mississippi on its state page.
Braxton and the insurance market
At the 70th percentile nationally, Braxton carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Hardening a home in Braxton
With 86.8% of Braxton 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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Braxton's 9,387-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Braxton, see the exposure-zones guide.