Agency Village, SD
Agency Village, SD's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Agency Village lands at the 71st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 319 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Agency Village at the 68th national percentile — 3 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Agency Village's building exposure, zone by zone
319 buildings are counted in Agency Village, and 69.6% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 2.5% rated Minimal.
Where Agency Village ranks
Agency Village's risk sits at a similar level relative to South Dakota (68th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (71st) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Agency Village ranks 9,025 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,130 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Dakota alone, it ranks 139 of 439 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Dakota on its state page.
Agency Village and the insurance market
Agency Village's high rating (71st percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Agency Village
Agency Village's 69.6% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Agency Village's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 319 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Agency Village. The exposure-zones guide covers what Agency Village's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.