Brooksville, MS
Brooksville, MS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Brooksville at the 50th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 613 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Brooksville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 52nd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
613 buildings are counted in Brooksville, and 55.6% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 44.4% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Brooksville against the rest of the country
Inside Mississippi, Brooksville sits at just the 19th percentile even though it scores 50th 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, Brooksville ranks 15,852 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,658 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 340 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Mississippi on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Brooksville
At the 50th national percentile, Brooksville 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
Brooksville's 55.6% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Brooksville's figures come from
Brooksville's 50th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Brooksville's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.