Elliott, MS
How exposed is Elliott to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Elliott at the 69th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 648 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Elliott's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 72nd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 69% of Elliott's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 31% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 447 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Elliott against the rest of the country
Elliott's 69th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 54th ranking inside Mississippi does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 15 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Elliott ranks 9,769 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,219 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 193 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Mississippi on its state page.
Elliott and the insurance market
Elliott's 69th-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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Elliott's 69% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 648 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Elliott. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Elliott, see the exposure-zones guide.