Coffeeville, MS
Coffeeville wildfire risk explained
Coffeeville sits at the 73rd 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 582 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Coffeeville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 76th percentile nationally.
Coffeeville's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 55.3% of Coffeeville's 582 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 44.7% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How Coffeeville compares
There's little gap between Coffeeville's 73rd national percentile and its 66th percentile inside Mississippi, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Coffeeville ranks 8,508 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,081 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 142 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Mississippi on its state page.
Coffeeville and the insurance market
At the 73rd percentile nationally, Coffeeville 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
Coffeeville's 55.3% 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
Coffeeville's 73rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Coffeeville, see the exposure-zones guide.