Satartia, MS
Satartia wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Satartia at the 49th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 46 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Satartia's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 51st percentile nationally.
Where Satartia's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Satartia: 63% of its 46 buildings, versus 37% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Satartia ranks
Satartia's 49th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 18th ranking inside Mississippi does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 31 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Satartia ranks 16,172 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 31,025 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 344 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
Satartia's elevated wildfire rating (49th 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
Satartia's 63% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Satartia's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 46 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Satartia. The exposure-zones guide covers what Satartia's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.