Hutterville Colony, SD
Hutterville Colony, SD's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Hutterville Colony's 41 buildings earn a 57th-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.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Hutterville Colony at the 56th percentile, close to its 57th-percentile risk score.
Where Hutterville Colony's buildings actually sit
Only 26.8% of Hutterville Colony's 41 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 73.2% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
How Hutterville Colony compares
Hutterville Colony ranks lower within South Dakota (41st percentile statewide) than its 57th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hutterville Colony ranks 13,563 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 31,152 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Dakota alone, it ranks 257 of 439 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Dakota on its state page.
Hutterville Colony and the insurance market
At the 57th national percentile, Hutterville Colony rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Hutterville Colony's 73.2% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 41 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Hutterville Colony. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Hutterville Colony, see the exposure-zones guide.