Vaiden, MS
Vaiden, MS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Vaiden lands at the 70th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 438 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Vaiden's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 73rd percentile nationally.
Where Vaiden's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Vaiden: 82.9% of its 438 buildings, versus 17.1% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Vaiden ranks
Vaiden's risk sits at a similar level relative to Mississippi (56th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (70th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Vaiden ranks 9,522 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,504 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 184 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
Vaiden's 70th-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 82.9% of Vaiden 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 438 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Vaiden. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Vaiden, see the exposure-zones guide.