Hazlehurst, MS
How exposed is Hazlehurst to wildfire?
USFS scores Hazlehurst at the 77th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 1,832 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 Hazlehurst at the 79th percentile, close to its 77th-percentile risk score.
Where Hazlehurst's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Hazlehurst: 58.7% of its 1,832 buildings, versus 41.3% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Hazlehurst compares
Hazlehurst's risk sits at a similar level relative to Mississippi (75th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (77th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hazlehurst ranks 7,375 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,975 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 108 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Mississippi on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Hazlehurst's high rating (77th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Hazlehurst's 58.7% 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 1,832 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Hazlehurst. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Hazlehurst, see the exposure-zones guide.