Drew, MS
Drew wildfire risk explained
Drew's 739 buildings earn a 35th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Drew at the 35th percentile, close to its 35th-percentile risk score.
Drew's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 67.4% of Drew's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 17.1% Direct and 15.6% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Where Drew ranks
Drew ranks lower within Mississippi (12th percentile statewide) than its 35th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Drew ranks 20,420 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,228 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 372 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Mississippi on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Drew
Drew's moderate wildfire rating (35th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Drew
With 67.4% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Drew gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Drew's 20,420-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Drew, see the exposure-zones guide.