Scooba, MS
Scooba, MS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Scooba at the 60th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 359 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Scooba's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 62nd percentile nationally.
Where Scooba's buildings actually sit
359 buildings are counted in Scooba, and 80.2% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Scooba against the rest of the country
Inside Mississippi, Scooba sits at just the 34th percentile even though it scores 60th 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, Scooba ranks 12,672 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,088 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 277 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Mississippi on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Scooba
Scooba's elevated rating (60th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 80.2% of Scooba 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.
Where Scooba's figures come from
Scooba's 60th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Scooba's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.