Moss Point, MS
Moss Point wildfire risk explained
Moss Point sits at the 96th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 8,393 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 Moss Point at the 96th percentile, close to its 96th-percentile risk score.
Where Moss Point's buildings actually sit
44.7% of Moss Point's 8,393 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 3,754 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 25.6% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 29.6% are Minimal. At 8,393 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Moss Point against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Moss Point's 96th national percentile and its 100th percentile inside Mississippi, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Moss Point ranks 1,167 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,984 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 2 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Mississippi on its state page.
Moss Point and the insurance market
Moss Point's very high rating (96th 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
With 44.7% of Moss Point 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.
Where Moss Point's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 8,393 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Moss Point. The exposure-zones guide covers what Moss Point's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.