Jumpertown, MS
Jumpertown wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Jumpertown at the 76th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 352 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Jumpertown at the 79th percentile, close to its 76th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 88.4% of Jumpertown's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 11.7% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 311 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Jumpertown against the rest of the country
Jumpertown's risk sits at a similar level relative to Mississippi (74th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (76th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Jumpertown ranks 7,504 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,262 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 110 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Mississippi on its state page.
Jumpertown and the insurance market
Jumpertown's high rating (76th 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
Because Direct exposure dominates in Jumpertown (88.4%), 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
Jumpertown's 76th-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 Jumpertown, see the exposure-zones guide.