Eudora, MS
Eudora wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Eudora at the 70th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 300 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Eudora's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 73rd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Eudora: 100% of its 300 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Eudora ranks
Eudora's risk sits at a similar level relative to Mississippi (59th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (70th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Eudora ranks 9,388 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,635 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 174 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Mississippi on its state page.
Eudora and the insurance market
At the 70th percentile nationally, Eudora carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Eudora's 100% 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 300 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Eudora. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Eudora, see the exposure-zones guide.