Herrick, SD
Herrick, SD's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Herrick's 119 buildings earn a 59th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Herrick's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 55th percentile nationally.
Herrick's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Herrick: 89.1% of its 119 buildings, versus 10.9% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Herrick against the rest of the country
Herrick's risk sits at a similar level relative to South Dakota (44th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (59th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Herrick ranks 13,033 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,217 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Dakota alone, it ranks 246 of 439 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Dakota on its state page.
Herrick and the insurance market
At the 59th national percentile, Herrick rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Herrick
Herrick's 89.1% 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
Herrick's 59th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Herrick, see the exposure-zones guide.