Beresford, SD
Beresford, SD's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Beresford sits at the 29th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,231 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Beresford at the 28th percentile, close to its 29th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Beresford's buildings (78.1% of 1,231) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Beresford against the rest of the country
Inside South Dakota, Beresford sits at just the 3rd percentile even though it scores 29th 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, Beresford ranks 22,419 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,468 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Dakota alone, it ranks 424 of 439 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Dakota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Beresford
Beresford's moderate wildfire rating (29th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Beresford
With 78.1% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Beresford gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Beresford's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,231 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Beresford. The exposure-zones guide covers what Beresford's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.