Jonestown, MS
Jonestown wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Jonestown lands at the 24th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 474 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Jonestown at the 25th percentile, close to its 24th-percentile risk score.
Jonestown's building exposure, zone by zone
Jonestown rates 86.1% Minimal exposure against just 13.9% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 474 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Jonestown against the rest of the country
Jonestown ranks lower within Mississippi (7th percentile statewide) than its 24th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Jonestown ranks 23,922 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,815 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 389 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Mississippi on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Jonestown
At the 24th national percentile, Jonestown rates moderate 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 Jonestown
Jonestown's 86.1% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Jonestown's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Jonestown's 23,922-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Jonestown's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.