Meridian Station, MS
Meridian Station wildfire risk explained
Meridian Station sits at the 59th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 247 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Meridian Station at the 61st percentile, close to its 59th-percentile risk score.
Where Meridian Station's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 74.9% of Meridian Station's 247 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 24.7% Direct and 0.4% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Meridian Station against the rest of the country
Meridian Station's 59th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 31st 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, Meridian Station ranks 13,020 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,236 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 291 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Mississippi on its state page.
Meridian Station and the insurance market
At the 59th national percentile, Meridian Station rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 74.9% of Meridian Station's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 247 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Meridian Station. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Meridian Station, see the exposure-zones guide.