Glendale Colony, SD
How exposed is Glendale Colony to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Glendale Colony at the 43rd national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 62 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Glendale Colony at the 37th national percentile — 6 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 90.3% of Glendale Colony's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 9.7% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Where Glendale Colony ranks
Inside South Dakota, Glendale Colony sits at just the 19th percentile even though it scores 43rd nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Glendale Colony ranks 17,855 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,599 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Dakota alone, it ranks 357 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
Glendale Colony's elevated rating (43rd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 90.3% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Glendale Colony gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Glendale Colony's figures come from
Glendale Colony's 43rd-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 Glendale Colony's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.