Broadland, SD
Broadland wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Broadland at the 62nd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 50 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Broadland at the 60th percentile, close to its 62nd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
100% of Broadland's 50 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 50 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Broadland ranks
There's little gap between Broadland's 62nd national percentile and its 52nd percentile inside South Dakota, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Broadland ranks 12,011 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,942 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Dakota alone, it ranks 212 of 439 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Dakota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Broadland
At the 62nd percentile nationally, Broadland carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
What would actually reduce this score
Broadland's 100% 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 Broadland's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Broadland's 12,011-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Broadland's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.