Centreville, MS
Centreville wildfire risk explained
Centreville's 858 buildings earn a 76th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Centreville at the 78th percentile, close to its 76th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
858 buildings are counted in Centreville, and 64.2% 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.
How Centreville compares
Centreville scores 76th nationally and 73rd within Mississippi — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Centreville ranks 7,594 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,103 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 114 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Mississippi on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Centreville
At the 76th percentile nationally, Centreville 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Centreville (64.2%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Centreville's 7,594-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Centreville, see the exposure-zones guide.