Mize, MS
Mize, MS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Mize lands at the 73rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 274 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Mize at the 76th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Mize's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Mize's 274 counted buildings, 86.9% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Mize against the rest of the country
Mize scores 73rd nationally and 66th 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, Mize ranks 8,607 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,395 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 144 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Mississippi on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Mize
Mize's 73rd-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
What would actually reduce this score
With 86.9% of Mize in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Mize's 73rd-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 Mize, see the exposure-zones guide.