Sylvarena, MS
Sylvarena wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Sylvarena at the 70th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 125 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Sylvarena at the 73rd national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Sylvarena's buildings actually sit
Of Sylvarena's 125 counted buildings, 100% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Sylvarena ranks
Sylvarena scores 70th nationally and 56th within Mississippi — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Sylvarena ranks 9,583 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,948 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 187 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Mississippi on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Sylvarena
At the 70th percentile nationally, Sylvarena 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.
Hardening a home in Sylvarena
Sylvarena's 100% 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 Sylvarena's figures come from
Sylvarena's 70th-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 Sylvarena's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.