Hatley, MS
Hatley, MS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Hatley's 377 buildings earn a 58th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Hatley at the 61st percentile, close to its 58th-percentile risk score.
Hatley's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Hatley's 377 counted buildings, 82.8% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Hatley against the rest of the country
Inside Mississippi, Hatley sits at just the 29th percentile even though it scores 58th 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, Hatley ranks 13,271 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,720 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 298 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Mississippi on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Hatley
At the 58th national percentile, Hatley 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
Because Direct exposure dominates in Hatley (82.8%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 377 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Hatley. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Hatley, see the exposure-zones guide.