Mendenhall, MS
Mendenhall, MS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Mendenhall at the 71st national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 1,347 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Mendenhall's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 73rd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
1,347 buildings are counted in Mendenhall, and 66.5% 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 Mendenhall compares
Mendenhall's risk sits at a similar level relative to Mississippi (60th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (71st) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mendenhall ranks 9,264 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,848 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 168 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
Mendenhall's high rating (71st 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
Mendenhall's 66.5% 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 Mendenhall's 9,264-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Mendenhall, see the exposure-zones guide.