Centerville, SD
How exposed is Centerville to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Centerville lands at the 41st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 561 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Centerville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 38th percentile nationally.
Centerville's building exposure, zone by zone
Only 31.4% of Centerville's 561 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 68.6% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Where Centerville ranks
Centerville's 41st national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 14th 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, Centerville ranks 18,672 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,396 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Dakota alone, it ranks 376 of 439 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Dakota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Centerville
At the 41st national percentile, Centerville rates elevated 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
Centerville's 68.6% 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 561 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Centerville. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Centerville, see the exposure-zones guide.