Falcon, MS
Falcon, MS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Falcon sits at the 49th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 68 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Falcon at the 49th percentile, close to its 49th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Falcon rates 82.4% Minimal exposure against just 16.2% Direct and 1.5% Indirect — of 68 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
How Falcon compares
Falcon's 49th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 18th ranking inside Mississippi does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 30 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Falcon ranks 16,171 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,356 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 343 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Mississippi on its state page.
Falcon and the insurance market
At the 49th national percentile, Falcon rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 82.4% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Falcon gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Falcon's figures come from
Falcon's 49th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Falcon's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.