Ridgeland, MS
How exposed is Ridgeland to wildfire?
Ridgeland's 8,995 buildings earn a 55th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Ridgeland at the 57th percentile, close to its 55th-percentile risk score.
Ridgeland's building exposure, zone by zone
50.7% of Ridgeland's 8,995 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 21.4% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself. At 8,995 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Ridgeland against the rest of the country
Inside Mississippi, Ridgeland sits at just the 24th percentile even though it scores 55th 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, Ridgeland ranks 14,311 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,845 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 321 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Mississippi on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Ridgeland
At the 55th national percentile, Ridgeland rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 50.7% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Ridgeland gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Ridgeland's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Ridgeland's 14,311-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Ridgeland's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.