North Carrollton, MS
North Carrollton, MS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
North Carrollton's 266 buildings earn a 69th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, North Carrollton's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 71st percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in North Carrollton: 61.3% of its 266 buildings, versus 38.7% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How North Carrollton compares
North Carrollton's 69th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 53rd ranking inside Mississippi does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 16 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, North Carrollton ranks 9,836 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,633 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 198 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Mississippi on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in North Carrollton
North Carrollton's 69th-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
North Carrollton's 61.3% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where North Carrollton's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 266 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for North Carrollton. The exposure-zones guide covers what North Carrollton's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.