Meadville, MS
Meadville wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Meadville lands at the 78th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 350 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Meadville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 81st percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
61.4% of Meadville's 350 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 215 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 38.6% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Meadville against the rest of the country
Meadville scores 78th nationally and 77th 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, Meadville ranks 6,873 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,310 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 97 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
Meadville's high rating (78th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Meadville's 61.4% 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Meadville's 6,873-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Meadville, see the exposure-zones guide.