Inverness, MS
Inverness, MS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Inverness sits at the 12th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 476 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 Inverness at the 12th percentile, close to its 12th-percentile risk score.
Inverness's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Inverness's buildings (73.7% of 476) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Where Inverness ranks
Inverness's risk sits at a similar level relative to Mississippi (3rd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (12th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Inverness ranks 27,741 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,783 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 408 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Mississippi on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Inverness
At the 12th national percentile, Inverness rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Inverness
Even with 73.7% of Inverness outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Inverness's 12th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Inverness, see the exposure-zones guide.