Pace, MS
How exposed is Pace to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Pace lands at the 4th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 155 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Pace's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 4th percentile nationally.
Where Pace's buildings actually sit
Most of Pace's buildings (72.9% of 155) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Pace against the rest of the country
Pace's risk sits at a similar level relative to Mississippi (1st percentile statewide) as it does nationally (4th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Pace ranks 30,299 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,657 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 416 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Mississippi on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Pace
Pace's low rating (4th 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
With 72.9% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Pace gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Pace's 30,299-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Pace, see the exposure-zones guide.