Slate Springs, MS
Slate Springs, MS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Slate Springs lands at the 67th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 124 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Slate Springs at the 69th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Slate Springs's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 92.7% of Slate Springs's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 7.3% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 115 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Slate Springs compares
Inside Mississippi, Slate Springs sits at just the 49th percentile even though it scores 67th 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, Slate Springs ranks 10,336 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,989 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 216 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Mississippi on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Slate Springs
At the 67th percentile nationally, Slate Springs 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
Slate Springs's 92.7% 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 Slate Springs's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 124 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Slate Springs. The exposure-zones guide covers what Slate Springs's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.