Okolona, MS
Okolona wildfire risk explained
Okolona sits at the 58th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,498 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Okolona's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 62nd percentile nationally.
Where Okolona's buildings actually sit
1,498 buildings are counted in Okolona, and 60.5% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 39.5% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
How Okolona compares
Okolona ranks lower within Mississippi (30th percentile statewide) than its 58th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Okolona ranks 13,114 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,180 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 294 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Mississippi on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Okolona
Okolona's elevated rating (58th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 60.5% of Okolona's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Okolona's 58th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Okolona, see the exposure-zones guide.