Louise, MS
Louise, MS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Louise at the 24th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 135 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Louise's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 25th percentile nationally.
Where Louise's buildings actually sit
59.3% of Louise's 135 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 31.9% Direct and 8.9% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Louise against the rest of the country
Louise's 24th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 7th ranking inside Mississippi does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 17 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Louise ranks 23,953 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,497 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 390 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Mississippi on its state page.
Louise and the insurance market
Louise's moderate wildfire rating (24th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Louise
Louise's 59.3% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 135 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Louise. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Louise, see the exposure-zones guide.