Dennis, MS
Dennis, MS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Dennis at the 67th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 180 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Dennis at the 70th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Dennis's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Dennis: 91.7% of its 180 buildings, versus 8.3% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Dennis against the rest of the country
Dennis ranks lower within Mississippi (50th percentile statewide) than its 67th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Dennis ranks 10,269 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,629 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 211 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Mississippi on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Dennis
Dennis's high rating (67th 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 Dennis
Dennis's 91.7% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
Dennis's 67th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Dennis, see the exposure-zones guide.