Goodman, MS
Goodman, MS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Goodman at the 73rd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 399 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Goodman at the 76th percentile, close to its 73rd-percentile risk score.
Where Goodman's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 69.4% of Goodman's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 30.6% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 277 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Goodman compares
Goodman's risk sits at a similar level relative to Mississippi (68th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (73rd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Goodman ranks 8,378 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,230 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 136 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Mississippi on its state page.
Goodman and the insurance market
At the 73rd percentile nationally, Goodman 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.
Hardening a home in Goodman
Goodman's 69.4% 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
Goodman's 73rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Goodman, see the exposure-zones guide.