Saucier, MS
Saucier wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Saucier at the 93rd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 1,112 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Saucier at the 95th national percentile — 2 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
Direct exposure dominates in Saucier: 95.3% of its 1,112 buildings, versus 4.7% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Saucier against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Saucier's 93rd national percentile and its 96th percentile inside Mississippi, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Saucier ranks 2,235 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,206 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 18 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 93rd percentile nationally, Saucier carries the very 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.
Hardening a home in Saucier
With 95.3% of Saucier in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,112 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Saucier. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Saucier, see the exposure-zones guide.