Panther Burn, MS
Panther Burn wildfire risk explained
Panther Burn sits at the 13th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 83 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Panther Burn at the 13th percentile, close to its 13th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Only 38.6% of Panther Burn's 83 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 61.5% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
How Panther Burn compares
Panther Burn scores 13th nationally and 4th 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, Panther Burn ranks 27,486 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,765 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 405 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Mississippi on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Panther Burn
Panther Burn's low wildfire rating (13th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Panther Burn
Even with 61.5% of Panther Burn outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Panther Burn's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 83 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Panther Burn. The exposure-zones guide covers what Panther Burn's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.