Saltillo, MS
Saltillo, MS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Saltillo's 2,336 buildings earn a 62nd-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 Saltillo at the 65th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Saltillo's buildings actually sit
2,336 buildings are counted in Saltillo, and 49.7% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 19.3% rated Minimal.
Where Saltillo ranks
Inside Mississippi, Saltillo sits at just the 38th percentile even though it scores 62nd 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, Saltillo ranks 11,978 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,632 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 262 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 62nd percentile nationally, Saltillo carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Saltillo (49.7%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Saltillo's 62nd-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 Saltillo, see the exposure-zones guide.