Enterprise, MS
Enterprise, MS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Enterprise lands at the 62nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 403 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Enterprise's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 64th percentile nationally.
Where Enterprise's buildings actually sit
83.4% of Enterprise's 403 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 336 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 16.6% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Enterprise ranks
Inside Mississippi, Enterprise sits at just the 37th percentile even though it scores 62nd nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Enterprise ranks 12,135 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,153 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 266 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Mississippi on its state page.
Enterprise and the insurance market
Enterprise's 62nd-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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 83.4% of Enterprise 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 Enterprise's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 403 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Enterprise. The exposure-zones guide covers what Enterprise's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.