Richland, MS
Richland, MS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Richland sits at the 54th 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 3,452 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Richland at the 56th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Richland's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Richland (66.4% of 3,452 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 33.6% sit in the Direct zone.
How Richland compares
Inside Mississippi, Richland sits at just the 23rd percentile even though it scores 54th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Richland ranks 14,467 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,842 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 324 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
Richland's elevated rating (54th 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 ember exposure the dominant pattern in Richland (66.4% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Richland's 14,467-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Richland, see the exposure-zones guide.