Green Valley, SD
Green Valley wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Green Valley at the 90th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 750 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Green Valley at the 91st national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Green Valley's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Green Valley: 77.2% of its 750 buildings, versus 22.8% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Green Valley compares
Green Valley's risk sits at a similar level relative to South Dakota (94th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (90th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Green Valley ranks 3,255 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,128 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Dakota alone, it ranks 29 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
Green Valley's very high rating (90th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Green Valley (77.2%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 750 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Green Valley. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Green Valley, see the exposure-zones guide.