Johnson Siding, SD
How exposed is Johnson Siding to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Johnson Siding at the 88th national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 483 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Johnson Siding at the 88th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Johnson Siding's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Johnson Siding: 94.6% of its 483 buildings, versus 5.4% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Johnson Siding against the rest of the country
Johnson Siding scores 88th nationally and 89th within South Dakota — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Johnson Siding ranks 3,947 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,656 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Dakota alone, it ranks 50 of 439 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Dakota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Johnson Siding
Johnson Siding's very high rating (88th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Johnson Siding's 94.6% 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.
Where Johnson Siding's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Johnson Siding's 3,947-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Johnson Siding's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.