Conde, SD
How exposed is Conde to wildfire?
USFS scores Conde at the 60th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 221 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Conde's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 59th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
221 buildings are counted in Conde, and 53.4% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 46.6% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
How Conde compares
Conde's risk sits at a similar level relative to South Dakota (48th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (60th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Conde ranks 12,587 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,098 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Dakota alone, it ranks 231 of 439 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Dakota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Conde
Conde's high rating (60th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Conde
Because 53.4% of Conde's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Conde's figures come from
Conde's 60th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Conde's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.