Tylertown, MS
Tylertown wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Tylertown at the 83rd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 1,087 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Tylertown's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 86th percentile nationally.
Tylertown's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Tylertown's 1,087 counted buildings, 53.8% 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.
How Tylertown compares
Tylertown scores 83rd nationally and 86th 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, Tylertown ranks 5,232 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,357 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 60 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Mississippi on its state page.
Tylertown and the insurance market
At the 83rd percentile nationally, Tylertown 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 Tylertown
Because Direct exposure dominates in Tylertown (53.8%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Tylertown's figures come from
Tylertown's 83rd-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 Tylertown's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.