Pittsboro, MS
Pittsboro, MS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Pittsboro lands at the 68th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 137 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Pittsboro at the 70th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Pittsboro's building exposure, zone by zone
86.9% of Pittsboro's 137 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 119 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 13.1% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How Pittsboro compares
Pittsboro's 68th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 51st ranking inside Mississippi does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 17 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Pittsboro ranks 10,053 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,404 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 205 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
Pittsboro's high rating (68th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Pittsboro
With 86.9% of Pittsboro 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Pittsboro's 10,053-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Pittsboro, see the exposure-zones guide.