Crawford, MS
Crawford wildfire risk explained
Crawford's 324 buildings earn a 61st-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.)
Separately from the risk score above, Crawford'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
USFS classifies 95.7% of Crawford's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 4.3% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 310 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Crawford against the rest of the country
Crawford's 61st national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 36th ranking inside Mississippi does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 25 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Crawford ranks 12,322 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,983 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 269 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Mississippi on its state page.
Crawford and the insurance market
Crawford's 61st-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Hardening a home in Crawford
With 95.7% of Crawford 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.
Where Crawford's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 324 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Crawford. The exposure-zones guide covers what Crawford's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.