Lexington, MS
Lexington wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Lexington at the 74th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 1,011 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Lexington at the 76th percentile, close to its 74th-percentile risk score.
Where Lexington's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Lexington: 68.4% of its 1,011 buildings, versus 31.7% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Lexington compares
Lexington scores 74th nationally and 70th 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, Lexington ranks 8,162 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,853 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 128 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Mississippi on its state page.
Lexington and the insurance market
At the 74th percentile nationally, Lexington carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 68.4% of Lexington in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Lexington's 74th-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 Lexington, see the exposure-zones guide.