Byram, MS
How exposed is Byram to wildfire?
USFS scores Byram at the 61st national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 5,851 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Byram's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 63rd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
5,851 buildings are counted in Byram, and 53.1% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 46.6% in Direct exposure or the 0.3% rated Minimal. At 5,851 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How Byram compares
Inside Mississippi, Byram sits at just the 36th percentile even though it scores 61st 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, Byram ranks 12,321 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,944 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 268 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Mississippi on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Byram
Byram's high rating (61st percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Byram
Byram's 53.1% 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 5,851 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Byram. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Byram, see the exposure-zones guide.