Vicksburg, MS
How exposed is Vicksburg to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Vicksburg at the 47th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 10,493 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Vicksburg's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 48th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
50.1% of Vicksburg's 10,493 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 46.4% Direct and 3.5% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone. At 10,493 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How Vicksburg compares
Inside Mississippi, Vicksburg sits at just the 17th percentile even though it scores 47th 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, Vicksburg ranks 16,827 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,518 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 348 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Mississippi on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Vicksburg
At the 47th national percentile, Vicksburg rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Vicksburg's 50.1% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 10,493 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Vicksburg. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Vicksburg, see the exposure-zones guide.