Kossuth, MS
How exposed is Kossuth to wildfire?
Kossuth sits at the 72nd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 185 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Kossuth at the 75th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Kossuth: 77.3% of its 185 buildings, versus 22.7% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Kossuth compares
Kossuth scores 72nd nationally and 63rd 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, Kossuth ranks 8,980 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,422 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 158 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
Kossuth's high rating (72nd 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.
Hardening a home in Kossuth
Kossuth's 77.3% 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
Kossuth's 72nd-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 Kossuth, see the exposure-zones guide.