Randolph, MS
How exposed is Randolph to wildfire?
Randolph's 159 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.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Randolph at the 71st national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
99.4% of Randolph's 159 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 158 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0.6% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How Randolph compares
There's little gap between Randolph's 69th national percentile and its 54th percentile inside Mississippi, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Randolph ranks 9,771 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,484 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 195 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Mississippi on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Randolph
Randolph's high rating (69th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 99.4% of Randolph 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
Randolph's 69th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Randolph, see the exposure-zones guide.