New Site, MS
How exposed is New Site to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts New Site at the 70th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 103 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts New Site at the 72nd percentile, close to its 70th-percentile risk score.
New Site's building exposure, zone by zone
Of New Site's 103 counted buildings, 100% 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 New Site ranks
New Site scores 70th nationally and 59th 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, New Site ranks 9,389 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,904 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 175 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
At the 70th percentile nationally, New Site carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Hardening a home in New Site
With 100% of New Site 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 103 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for New Site. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond New Site, see the exposure-zones guide.