Lumberton, MS
Lumberton wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Lumberton at the 92nd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 1,127 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 Lumberton at the 94th percentile, close to its 92nd-percentile risk score.
Where Lumberton's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 57.8% of Lumberton's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 42.2% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 651 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Lumberton ranks
Lumberton's risk sits at a similar level relative to Mississippi (94th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (92nd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lumberton ranks 2,678 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,101 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 28 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Mississippi on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Lumberton
At the 92nd percentile nationally, Lumberton carries the very 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Lumberton's 57.8% 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
Lumberton's 92nd-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 Lumberton, see the exposure-zones guide.