Corn Creek, SD
How exposed is Corn Creek to wildfire?
Corn Creek's 38 buildings earn a 89th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Corn Creek's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 87th percentile nationally.
Corn Creek's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 100% of Corn Creek's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 38 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Corn Creek ranks
Corn Creek scores 89th nationally and 90th within South Dakota — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Corn Creek ranks 3,635 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 31,216 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Dakota alone, it ranks 43 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 89th percentile nationally, Corn Creek carries the very 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Corn Creek'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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Corn Creek's 3,635-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Corn Creek, see the exposure-zones guide.