Walls, MS
Walls, MS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Walls sits at the 54th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 513 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Walls's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 56th percentile nationally.
Walls's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Walls's buildings (40%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Where Walls ranks
Walls ranks lower within Mississippi (22nd percentile statewide) than its 54th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Walls ranks 14,652 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,131 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 328 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
Walls's elevated rating (54th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Walls
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Walls (40% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Walls's 14,652-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Walls, see the exposure-zones guide.