Leland, MS
Leland wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Leland at the 12th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 1,832 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 Leland at the 12th percentile, close to its 12th-percentile risk score.
Leland's building exposure, zone by zone
84.8% of Leland's 1,832 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 15.2% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where Leland ranks
Leland scores 12th nationally and 3rd 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, Leland ranks 27,610 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,976 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 406 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Mississippi on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Leland
Leland's low rating (12th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Even with 84.8% of Leland 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,832 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Leland. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Leland, see the exposure-zones guide.