Bryant, SD
Bryant wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Bryant at the 33rd national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 317 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Bryant's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 28th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Only 47.3% of Bryant's 317 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 52.7% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Where Bryant ranks
Bryant's 33rd national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 6th ranking inside South Dakota does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 27 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bryant ranks 21,162 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,191 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Dakota alone, it ranks 413 of 439 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Dakota on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 33rd national percentile, Bryant rates moderate 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
Bryant's 52.7% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 317 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Bryant. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Bryant, see the exposure-zones guide.