Bushnell, SD
How exposed is Bushnell to wildfire?
Bushnell sits at the 36th 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 86 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Bushnell's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 32nd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Bushnell's 86 counted buildings, 62.8% carry Direct exposure and only 37.2% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Bushnell against the rest of the country
Bushnell ranks lower within South Dakota (9th percentile statewide) than its 36th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bushnell ranks 20,216 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,669 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Dakota alone, it ranks 400 of 439 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Dakota on its state page.
Bushnell and the insurance market
Bushnell's moderate rating (36th 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 Bushnell
Because Direct exposure dominates in Bushnell (62.8%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Bushnell's 20,216-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Bushnell, see the exposure-zones guide.