Davis, SD
How exposed is Davis to wildfire?
Davis's 107 buildings earn a 33rd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Davis at the 32nd national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Davis's buildings actually sit
Of Davis's 107 counted buildings, 62.6% carry Direct exposure and only 37.4% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Davis compares
Davis ranks lower within South Dakota (6th percentile statewide) than its 33rd national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Davis ranks 21,130 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,751 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Dakota alone, it ranks 412 of 439 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Dakota on its state page.
Davis and the insurance market
Davis's moderate wildfire rating (33rd percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 62.6% of Davis in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Davis's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Davis's 21,130-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Davis's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.