Rolling Fork, MS
How exposed is Rolling Fork to wildfire?
Rolling Fork's 910 buildings earn a 11th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Rolling Fork at the 11th national percentile — 0 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
Most of Rolling Fork's buildings (75.9% of 910) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Where Rolling Fork ranks
Rolling Fork scores 11th nationally and 2nd 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, Rolling Fork ranks 28,056 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,637 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 411 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Mississippi on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Rolling Fork
Rolling Fork's low wildfire rating (11th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Even with 75.9% of Rolling Fork 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.
More on how this number was built
Rolling Fork's 11th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Rolling Fork, see the exposure-zones guide.