Rosedale, MS
How exposed is Rosedale to wildfire?
Rosedale's 822 buildings earn a 41st-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 Rosedale at the 42nd percentile, close to its 41st-percentile risk score.
Where Rosedale's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Rosedale (72% of 822 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 27.9% sit in the Direct zone.
How Rosedale compares
Rosedale's 41st national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 15th ranking inside Mississippi does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 26 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rosedale ranks 18,564 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,425 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 357 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
At the 41st national percentile, Rosedale rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Rosedale's 72% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 822 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Rosedale. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Rosedale, see the exposure-zones guide.