Marietta, MS
How exposed is Marietta to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Marietta lands at the 65th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 248 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Marietta's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 67th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
248 buildings are counted in Marietta, and 88.7% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
How Marietta compares
Marietta's 65th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 44th ranking inside Mississippi does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 21 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Marietta ranks 11,061 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,209 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 234 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Mississippi on its state page.
Marietta and the insurance market
At the 65th percentile nationally, Marietta 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
Marietta's 88.7% 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
Marietta's 65th-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 Marietta, see the exposure-zones guide.