Mayersville, MS
Mayersville, MS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Mayersville at the 44th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 187 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 Mayersville at the 45th percentile, close to its 44th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
187 buildings are counted in Mayersville, and 62.6% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 37.4% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Mayersville ranks
Mayersville's 44th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 16th ranking inside Mississippi does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 28 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mayersville ranks 17,801 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,354 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 353 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Mississippi on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Mayersville's elevated rating (44th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Mayersville
Mayersville's 62.6% 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 187 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Mayersville. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Mayersville, see the exposure-zones guide.