Mount Pleasant, MS
Mount Pleasant, MS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Mount Pleasant at the 79th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 251 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Mount Pleasant at the 82nd national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Mount Pleasant's buildings actually sit
Of Mount Pleasant's 251 counted buildings, 88.8% 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.
Where Mount Pleasant ranks
Mount Pleasant scores 79th nationally and 78th 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, Mount Pleasant ranks 6,685 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,107 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 94 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
Mount Pleasant's high rating (79th 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.
Hardening a home in Mount Pleasant
With 88.8% of Mount Pleasant 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 Mount Pleasant's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Mount Pleasant's 6,685-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Mount Pleasant's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.