Verona, MS
How exposed is Verona to wildfire?
USFS scores Verona at the 51st national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 1,272 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Verona at the 54th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Verona's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Verona's 1,272 counted buildings, 42% carry Direct exposure and only 33.7% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Verona against the rest of the country
Verona ranks lower within Mississippi (20th percentile statewide) than its 51st national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Verona ranks 15,565 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,238 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 338 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Mississippi on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Verona
At the 51st national percentile, Verona rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Verona
With 42% of Verona 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Verona's 15,565-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Verona, see the exposure-zones guide.