Kiln, MS
How exposed is Kiln to wildfire?
Kiln's 1,896 buildings earn a 95th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Kiln's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 96th percentile nationally.
Where Kiln's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 78.9% of Kiln's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 21.1% Indirect share and far above its 0.1% Minimal share — a profile where 1,495 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Kiln compares
Kiln scores 95th nationally and 98th within Mississippi — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Kiln ranks 1,546 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,782 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 10 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
Kiln's 95th-percentile, very high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Hardening a home in Kiln
Because Direct exposure dominates in Kiln (78.9%), 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Kiln's 1,546-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Kiln, see the exposure-zones guide.